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Fibrestream boss praises US fibre-to-the-home project
The boss of Fibrestream has said the UK can learn a lot about the rollout of fibre optic broadband by looking at the example set by a project in Vermont. ECFiber, led by community fibre-to-the-home pioneer Tim Nulty, deployed...
Read moreOfcom proposes fibre optic broadband back-up measures
New measures to prevent fibre optic broadband customers suffering in the event of connectivity outages have been put forward by Ofcom. Copper broadband services are able to continue operating if there is a power cut at a home or...
Read moreOECD says fibre broadband accounts for 12% of fixed subscriptions
Fibre optic broadband services now account for around one in eight fixed-line subscriptions across the world, new figures have revealed. The statistics, published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...
Read moreMacAce targets fibre broadband service at Apple iOS users
A new fibre optic broadband service has been launched by MacAce, a telecoms firm that specialises in internet products for machines running Apple's iOS platform. According to the company, the range of broadband packages -...
Read moreFibre broadband welcomed by Cumbernauld councillors
BT's plans to bring fibre optic broadband to the Scottish town of Cumbernauld have been praised by local council chiefs. The telecoms giant's up to 40Mbps fibre-to-the-cabinet service will be rolled out to the North...
Read moreLincs council planning to bring fibre broadband to 90% of homes
Fibre optic broadband will be extended to as many as nine in ten homes in Lincolnshire under plans from the county council. The local authority is set to ask Broadband Delivery UK for £20 million of funding, which will be...
Read moreFibre broadband to be rolled out to 90% of Derby businesses
Nine in ten businesses in Derby will have access to fibre optic broadband over the coming months, according to cross-sector telecoms initiative LightSpeed Derby. BT revealed last week that 71,000 more homes and businesses in...
Read moreLincs council chief highlights broadband woes
BT's plans to roll out fibre optic broadband to 31,000 more properties in Lincolnshire will not fully tackle the area's internet access woes, a council chief has insisted. The telecoms giant announced residents are set to...
Read moreBT bringing fibre broadband to 51,000 Greater Manchester properties
Fibre optic broadband will be available to tens of thousands more properties in Greater Manchester over the coming months, BT has announced. More than 51,000 homes and businesses in the metropolitan county have been included in...
Read moreEURIM says universal fibre broadband is within reach
Up to 100Mbps fibre broadband could be rolled out across the entire UK without the need for any extra government funding, according to EURIM, the Information Society Alliance. The organisation claimed this target could be...
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