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Cheltenham MP campaigning for better broadband
MP for Cheltenham Martin Horwood is campaigning for improvements to be made to the town's broadband coverage. The Gloucestershire Echo reports that Mr Horwood is calling for a special debate in parliament to discuss the...
Read moreFibre optic broadband arrives in Annan
Annan is among the latest areas to benefit from a connection to better broadband under the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout project. The £410 million - £126 million of which has been provided by BT -...
Read moreSuperfast Leics fibre broadband rollout to reach 38 more communities
A further 38 towns and villages across Leicestershire are poised to benefit from the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT. The £18.8 million Superfast Leicestershire project has already brought the...
Read moreBT fibre broadband network passes 21m properties
BT saw its fibre optic broadband network coverage pass 21 million properties during the three months to September 2014. In its financial results statement for the quarter, the telecoms giant revealed that Openreach – its...
Read moreBT 'acting too aggressively' in Devon and Somerset fibre broadband rollout
BT has been accused of acting too aggressively in maintaining privacy around its plans to roll out fibre optic broadband across Devon and Somerset. Two district councils said the telecoms giant's approach to the scheme has...
Read moreFibre broadband passes 610,000 Kent properties
Kent's fibre optic broadband coverage has passed the 610,000-property mark, according to BT. More than two-thirds of homes and businesses across the county are now able to access superfast connectivity, which offers speeds of...
Read moreSuperfast Surrey installs 500th fibre broadband cabinet
Two significant milestones have been reached in the Superfast Surrey fibre optic broadband programme. The partnership between BT and the county council has installed its 500th fibre broadband street cabinet and has also brought...
Read moreBT on engineering recruitment drive to meet fibre broadband demand
Rising demand for fibre optic broadband has prompted BT to announce a major expansion of its engineering recruitment programme. Openreach, the telecoms giant's local access network business, is creating a further 500...
Read moreSuperfast Dorset bringing fibre broadband to another 9,000 properties
Fibre optic broadband is to be rolled out to thousands more Dorset properties as part of a multi-million pound partnership between the government, BT and local councils. Engineering work has already begun on the third phase of...
Read moreWest Sussex Better Connected passes 15,000 properties
A milestone has been reached in the £20 million West Sussex Better Connected programme, with more than 15,000 local properties now able to access fibre optic broadband. The partnership between BT, the county council and the...
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