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Digital Scotland reaches 150,000 premises
The £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband rollout programme has delivered high-speed fibre broadband to more than 150,000 homes and businesses in the country, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has...
Read moreFibre broadband for Marchington and Draycott-in-the-Clay
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in Marchington and Draycott-in-the-Clay thanks to the Superfast Staffordshire rollout project. The Uttoxeter Advertiser reports that 20,000 homes and businesses in the county can now access the...
Read moreBT fibre broadband rollout creates new Staffordshire jobs
Network provider BT's work to roll out fibre optic broadband to homes and businesses throughout the UK has led to the creation of an additional 20 engineering jobs in north Staffordshire. The new recruits will work for...
Read moreHalfway milestone for Northern Lincolnshire Broadband project
The Northern Lincolnshire Broadband rollout project has reached its halfway point, having connected almost 17,000 domestic properties and commercial buildings in the region to fibre optic broadband. Humberston, Brigg, Scunthorpe,...
Read moreFibre broadband comes to Bury homes and businesses
Fibre optic broadband has arrived in the Greater Manchester borough of Bury, thanks to the Get Digital Faster regional rollout programme. Over 700 residential and commercial properties in the area can now access improved internet...
Read moreCheltenham 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 moreGigaclear activates rural Oxfordshire pure fibre broadband network
A new pure fibre optic broadband network is bringing ultrafast internet speeds to hundreds of properties in rural Oxfordshire. Gigaclear has announced the activation of the network, which reaches more than 750 properties across...
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