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Fibre broadband boost comes to Runcorn and Frodsham

Tuesday, December 10th 2013

The Cheshire towns of Runcorn and Frodsham have been connected to fibre optic broadband thanks to a rollout project by BT. Engineers' initial work has already brought the superfast service to 900 premises in Runcorn and 1,400...

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Environment Minister to take part in Northumberland switch-on

Monday, December 9th 2013

The Environment Minister has travelled to a rural area of Northumberland to take part in the switch-on of fibre optic broadband. George Eustace has visited the village of Rothbury to mark the initial introduction of the superfast...

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Superfast Dorset provides boost to rural properties

Thursday, December 5th 2013

Homes and businesses in Dorset that thought they were going to be left out of the county's fibre optic broadband upgrade have been given new hope. The Superfast Dorset project has now increased its targets to provide...

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Suffolk calls for further broadband boost

Tuesday, December 3rd 2013

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...

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Scottish residents claim disproportionate broadband coverage must be addressed

Monday, December 2nd 2013

Homeowners and business people in Scotland claim more must be done to introduce fibre optic broadband to areas not yet covered by rollout projects. Although most of the country's major cities have been introduced to some...

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Janet6 to offer unprecedented fibre broadband capacity

Wednesday, November 27th 2013

The government-funded organisation Janet has announced the development of a new high-speed fibre optic-based network. Janet6 will be able provide a capacity up to 8.8 terabits through the use of an ethernet connection of 100...

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Edinburgh MP praises fibre optic broadband rollout

Tuesday, November 26th 2013

An MP from Edinburgh has hailed the installation of fibre optic broadband after being introduced to the technology by representatives from BT. Edinburgh East MP Sheila Gilmore was shown the street cabinet in the Abbeyhill area of...

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Staffordshire residents updated on fibre optic broadband rollout

Monday, November 25th 2013

A conference was held on Friday (November 22nd 2013) to reveal the first areas that will benefit from being connected to fibre optic broadband as part of the Superfast Staffordshire project. The next-generation service will be...

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First Herefordshire area benefits from Fastershire fibre broadband project

Friday, November 22nd 2013

Residents from a town in Herefordshire are celebrating being connected to a fibre optic broadband network for the first time under the Fastershire project. The initiative is a collaboration between service provider BT,...

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Lincolnshire residents get fibre broadband boost early

Thursday, November 21st 2013

A rollout project that is aiming to bring fibre optic broadband access to homes and businesses across Lincolnshire has introduced the service to the town of Spalding ahead of schedule. Residents were delighted to discover that...

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