BT responds to BDUK criticisms
BT has responded to the widespread criticism that it is causing a lack of competition in the UK broadband market. The company was labelled as a "grant junkie" by Independent Networks Co-operative Association Chief...
Read moreSuffolk calls for further broadband boost
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...
Read moreScottish residents claim disproportionate broadband coverage must be addressed
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...
Read moreJanet6 to offer unprecedented fibre broadband capacity
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...
Read moreEdinburgh MP praises fibre optic broadband rollout
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...
Read moreStaffordshire residents updated on fibre optic broadband rollout
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...
Read moreFirst Herefordshire area benefits from Fastershire fibre broadband project
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,...
Read moreLincolnshire residents get fibre broadband boost early
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...
Read moreWelsh residents cut from fibre optic broadband plans
Homes and businesses from some of the most rural areas of north Wales have discovered they will not be included in the Superfast Cymru fibre broadband rollout. The Welsh government had been issuing £1,000 grants to install...
Read moreYorkshire residents push for fibre broadband
Residents from the village of Cononley in North Yorkshire have attended a meeting with BT and representatives from the NYnet broadband rollout project to force the issue regarding fibre broadband. When BT announced it would be...
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