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Hyperoptic appoints Head of Property to support FTTH rollout

Wednesday, June 26th 2013

Hyperoptic has announced the appointment of its first Head of Property as the operator seeks to further expand the coverage of its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure across the country. David Walker has joined the company...

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BT says Connecting Cumbria is world's largest fibre broadband rollout

Tuesday, June 25th 2013

BT has described its fibre optic broadband partnership with Cumbria County Council as the largest project of its kind in the world. The £51 million Connecting Cumbria scheme aims to provide 93 per cent of local homes and...

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Superfast Cornwall brings fibre broadband to Coombe

Monday, June 24th 2013

The historic Cornish tin mining village of Coombe has become the latest community to benefit from the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT and the EU. Significant infrastructure-related obstacles stood in the...

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Dorset business chief questions lack of fibre broadband access

Wednesday, June 19th 2013

BT has come in for criticism from an East Dorset business owner who is frustrated at the telecoms giant's decision to exclude local industrial estates from its fibre optic broadband rollout. The company's super-fast...

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BT rolling out fibre broadband to 17,600 Kirkcaldy properties

Tuesday, June 18th 2013

Fibre optic broadband will be rolled out to thousands of properties in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy over the coming weeks, BT has announced. Engineers have already brought the service to hundreds of local homes and businesses,...

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Central Somerset communities could miss out on fibre broadband

Friday, June 14th 2013

A number of rural communities in central Somerset are at risk of missing out on a major countywide rollout of fibre optic broadband. Exchanges in Charlton Adam and Somerton are currently listed by BT as being "under...

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Oulton Park hosts launch event for Cheshire fibre broadband project

Thursday, June 13th 2013

Cheshire's Oulton Park race circuit was the setting for the official launch of a multimillion-pound project that aims to significantly boost the county's fibre optic broadband coverage. The Connecting Cheshire...

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Superfast Cornwall volunteers run Whitstone IT tutorial

Wednesday, June 12th 2013

Adults in the Cornish village of Whitstone have been offered the chance to learn vital IT skills as part of the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT. The taster session took place at Whitstone Community Primary...

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Fibre broadband rolled out to 2,800 Ripon properties

Tuesday, June 11th 2013

Fibre optic broadband has been rolled out to hundreds of homes and businesses in Ripon as part of the Superfast North Yorkshire (SNY) scheme. Around 2,800 properties in the location - which is England's fourth smallest city -...

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KC enjoys higher-than-expected fibre broadband growth

Monday, June 10th 2013

East Yorkshire internet service provider KC has seen stronger-than-anticipated demand for fibre optic broadband connectivity. The company's Lightstream super-fast broadband service is currently being used by around 3,600...

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