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BT includes Flintshire in 110Mbps fibre broadband rollout

Thursday, October 6th 2011

BT has announced residents in the Flintshire town of Saltney will be the first in Wales to be connected to its new up to 110Mbps fibre optic broadband service. The telecoms giant has revealed six exchanges will be upgraded before...

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Rutland Telecom offering free fibre broadband lines in Luffenham

Wednesday, October 5th 2011

Rutland Telecom has announced it is offering 50 free fibre optic broadband lines to residents in the village of Luffenham. The Gigaclear-owned telecoms operator has teamed up with Luffenham Village Trust to give away no-cost...

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Virgin Media praises Fujitsu wholesale fibre broadband network

Monday, October 3rd 2011

Virgin Media has touted the benefits of Fujitsu's proposed fibre optic broadband network over the super-fast infrastructure offered by BT. According to the cable company, internet service providers (ISPs) looking to rent...

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Eastbourne council funding fibre broadband rollout

Friday, September 30th 2011

Wireless and fibre optic broadband will be rolled out in Eastbourne thanks to a new initiative from the borough council. The local authority is set to spend £357,000 on the project, with the official launch due to take...

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Virgin Media rolls out 100Mbps fibre broadband to Southampton

Thursday, September 29th 2011

Virgin Media has delivered its ultra-fast fibre optic broadband service to parts of Southampton. Residents in Sholing, Peartree and Woolston can now sign up for the product, which offers download speeds of up to 100Mbps, reports...

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BT says fibre broadband offers more than fast internet

Tuesday, September 27th 2011

Rolling out fibre optic broadband is about more than just offering people fast internet connectivity, according to BT. In a progress report on its next-generation access project in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, the telecoms...

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Gigaclear set to connect first Rutland fibre broadband customers

Friday, September 23rd 2011

Gigaclear is on track to connect the first Rutland homes to its new fibre optic broadband service next month, the telecoms firm has announced. Having started the super-fast broadband deployment earlier this month, the company...

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BT fibre broadband goes live in 30 new London exchange areas

Thursday, September 22nd 2011

BT's fibre optic broadband service has gone live to the first residents and businesses in 30 new London exchange areas, the telecoms giant has announced. Over the coming weeks, BT's latest infrastructure upgrade work in...

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First Brooklands homes connected to fibre broadband

Wednesday, September 21st 2011

Some of the UK's fastest fibre optic broadband connections have been rolled out at a new property development in the south-east. Brooklands in Milton Keynes, developed by Places for People, has had super-fast broadband...

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Eclipse Internet launches new fibre broadband product range

Tuesday, September 20th 2011

Eclipse Internet has launched a new range of fibre optic broadband products offering residential customers access to speeds of up to 40Mbps. The Lightspeed package allows consumers to choose between up to 2Mbps and up to 10Mbps...

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