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Fibre broadband upgrade for Dundee's Fairmuir exchange

Wednesday, December 12th 2012

Dundee's Fairmuir exchange has become one of the latest in the UK to benefit from BT's national fibre optic broadband rollout. Engineers are due to complete the local upgrade in the coming weeks, with more than 12,600...

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BT fibre broadband launches in Winkfield Row

Tuesday, December 11th 2012

BT has announced the launch of fibre optic broadband in the Berkshire community of Winkfield Row. The telecoms giant is rolling out the technology to more than 4,000 homes and businesses in the area, with around 280,000...

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Hampshire promises major fibre broadband investment

Friday, December 7th 2012

Hampshire County Council has promised to make a significant investment in improving fibre optic broadband connectivity for local communities. Slow broadband speeds are hampering communities across the county, but the local...

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BT brings fibre broadband to Gresford and Wrexham

Thursday, December 6th 2012

Fibre optic broadband has gone live to the first properties in Gresford and Wrexham, BT has announced. More than 32,000 local homes and businesses will be hooked up to super-fast broadband over the coming weeks as part of...

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CityFibre to bring fibre broadband to York businesses

Wednesday, December 5th 2012

A partnership between CityFibre and City of York Council is set to bring fibre optic broadband services to residents and businesses in the area. CityFibre has rolled out a 103km pure fibre optic network throughout the city,...

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Geo Networks completes east-west fibre ring

Tuesday, December 4th 2012

Geo Networks has announced the completion of its latest diverse optical fibre ring, which runs between the UK and Ireland. The infrastructure, known as the East-West Ring, was built by Geo in partnership with ESB Telecoms, an...

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iNorthumberland fibre broadband project launches new website

Monday, December 3rd 2012

The iNorthumberland fibre optic broadband project has launched a new website to offer residents more localised information before the rollout gets underway next year. Led by the county council, the scheme is preparing to appoint...

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BT aims to help Cumbrian businesses with fibre broadband plans

Friday, November 30th 2012

BT has said its planned Cumbrian fibre optic broadband rollout is so important because of the number of local businesses based in isolated communities. The telecoms giant's managing director of next-generation access Bill...

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BT criticised for not bringing fibre broadband to Bo'ness

Tuesday, November 27th 2012

BT has been criticised by Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP Michael Connarty for failing to include parts of his constituency in its fibre optic broadband rollout programme. Speaking in a House of Commons debate, Mr Connarty pointed...

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Peebles residents gain fibre broadband access

Monday, November 26th 2012

Peebles has become the latest Scottish community to benefit from BT's nationwide fibre optic broadband rollout. During spring 2014, the telecoms giant is aiming to bring the technology to two-thirds of UK homes and...

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