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Superfast Northants fibre broadband scheme sets first cabinets live
The Superfast Northamptonshire fibre optic broadband rollout is ahead of schedule, with the first set of 14 street cabinets set to go live today (February 3rd 2014). Parts of Towcester and Weedon are the first to benefit from the...
Read moreEx-BT chief says fibre broadband investment wasn't a risk
Former BT Chief Executive Lord Livingston has insisted it was never a risk for the telecoms giant to invest billions of pounds in fibre optic broadband. Under its commercial rollout programme, the company is spending £2.5...
Read moreNoke residents pledge to raise fibre broadband funds
Residents of an Oxfordshire village have pledged to raise thousands of pounds to support the rollout of fibre optic broadband. Villagers in Noke, which is around five miles north-east of Oxford, are seeking to generate funds of...
Read moreFirst Kent communities to benefit from fibre broadband
The first area of Kent to benefit from the government's Broadband Delivery UK scheme will be connected this week. Densole, which is a village found near Folkestone, will receive the superfast service as part of a county-wide...
Read moreSuffolk calls for further broadband boost
Representatives from Suffolk County Council and a group of local MPs have visited Communications Minister Ed Vaizey in an effort to increase fibre optic broadband coverage in the area. MPs Tom Yeo, Peter Aldous and David Ruffley...
Read moreBarnsley resident persuades BT to install fibre broadband
A resident from a housing estate in Barnsley has arranged for the area to be introduced to fibre optic broadband following a campaign that was aimed at service provider BT. John Clapham has been assured that the Water Royd Drive...
Read moreRutland receives fibre optic broadband upgrade
The region of Rutland has been introduced to fibre optic broadband as part of a rollout project that will upgrade ten exchanges in the area. Digital Rutland is a scheme that is being implemented by Rutland County Council to bring...
Read moreGigaclear adds more rural communities to fibre broadband rollout
Gigaclear has confirmed it will roll out ultrafast fibre-to-the-premises broadband to a further three rural communities. Farmoor and Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, and Underriver and surrounding villages in Kent, can look...
Read moreCommunications Minister claims government will not give up on rural areas
The Communications Minister Ed Vaizey has attempted to reassure residents from the most rural areas of the UK that the government will continue to bring them fibre optic broadband after the 2015 completion target of its...
Read moreMSP calls for Shetland fibre optic broadband
The MSP for Shetland has attended a meeting with Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) in an effort to bring fibre optic broadband access to the islands. Tavish Scott travelled to Edinburgh to meet with the organisation's bosses...
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