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Downscaled fibre broadband pledge angers Cheshire residents
Residents and businesses in rural Cheshire have hit out at the decision to scale back a major rollout of fibre optic broadband in the area. The Connecting Cheshire project, led by Cheshire East Council (CEC) and Cheshire West and...
Read moreCornish pub using fibre broadband to power 'Cybeer' tasting
A Cornish pub is combining the disparate worlds of fibre optic broadband and alcohol at next month's Celebration of Beer. The Driftwood Spars in St Agnes is taking advantage of the super-fast broadband connection recently...
Read moreDorset council expects fibre broadband to boost economic confidence
Dorset County Council (DCC) believes the launch of fibre optic broadband in more local communities will help to boost confidence of an economic recovery. BT is planning to roll out super-fast connectivity to another 18,000 homes...
Read moreBirmingham Chamber of Commerce hails fibre broadband plan
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has welcomed plans that will see fibre optic broadband coverage extended to tens of thousands more West Midlands properties. A further 245,000 homes and businesses in six Birmingham and Black...
Read moreCalix helps bring ultra-fast fibre broadband to Cotswolds villages
Two Cotswolds villages have gained access to ultra-fast fibre optic broadband thanks to telecoms multiservice access solutions firm Calix. The company's E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform is helping to bring some of the...
Read moreMore Merseyside homes to benefit from BT's fibre broadband rollout
Tens of thousands more Merseyside properties will be connected to fibre optic broadband over the coming year, BT has announced. In a move that is expected to benefit the local economy and boost job creation, the telecoms giant is...
Read moreBlisland IT firm welcomes launch of fibre broadband
One of the first businesses in the Cornish village of Blisland to sign up for fibre optic broadband has spoken out about the benefits of the technology. Local IT company Tanist has been connected to super-fast broadband by BT and...
Read moreBT 'committed to Yorkshire and the Humber fibre broadband rollout'
BT's new regional director for Yorkshire and the Humber has restated the telecoms giant's commitment to investing in high-speed fibre optic broadband. Tom Keeney, who will head up a team of 12 senior executives based in...
Read moreSuperfast Cornwall project brings fibre broadband to Rock and St Minver
Rock and St Minver have become the latest communities to be hooked up to fibre optic broadband under BT's Superfast Cornwall programme. The villages were connected last week as part of a scheme that began in 2011 and has so...
Read moreFibre broadband arrives in Folkestone
Fibre optic broadband has gone live in the Kent town of Folkestone, with more than 17,000 properties set to be connected over the coming weeks. BT engineers are currently working on the project, having previously completed...
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