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BT aims to help Cumbrian businesses with fibre broadband plans

Friday, November 30th 2012

BT has said its planned Cumbrian fibre optic broadband rollout is so important because of the number of local businesses based in isolated communities. The telecoms giant's managing director of next-generation access Bill...

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BT criticised for not bringing fibre broadband to Bo'ness

Tuesday, November 27th 2012

BT has been criticised by Linlithgow and East Falkirk MP Michael Connarty for failing to include parts of his constituency in its fibre optic broadband rollout programme. Speaking in a House of Commons debate, Mr Connarty pointed...

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Peebles residents gain fibre broadband access

Monday, November 26th 2012

Peebles has become the latest Scottish community to benefit from BT's nationwide fibre optic broadband rollout. During spring 2014, the telecoms giant is aiming to bring the technology to two-thirds of UK homes and...

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BT chief says fibre broadband can open up new online world

Thursday, November 22nd 2012

Fibre optic broadband has the potential to unlock a "new world" for web users, BT's regional director for the north-east Farooq Hakim has said. The telecoms giant is currently extending its super-fast broadband...

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BT rolls out fibre broadband to Ardrossan and Saltcoats

Tuesday, November 20th 2012

BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to the Scottish communities of Ardrossan and Saltcoats, in a move welcomed by Katy Clark MP and Kenneth Gibson MSP. Over the coming weeks, the telecoms giant will extend super-fast...

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BT's Devonport fibre broadband rollout hailed by Plymouth council

Monday, November 19th 2012

Plymouth City Council has welcomed BT's decision to bring fibre optic broadband to almost 12,000 local homes and businesses. The telecoms giant has rolled out super-fast broadband to the first properties in Devonport, with...

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Fibre broadband rolled out to first Cowes properties

Wednesday, November 14th 2012

Fibre optic broadband has been rolled out to the first homes and businesses in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Over the coming weeks, more than 7,500 properties in the town will be able to receive super-fast broadband from BT, while...

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Virgin Media apologises over Bristol fibre broadband issues

Wednesday, November 7th 2012

Virgin Media has apologised to fibre optic broadband customers in Bristol who have been receiving intermittently slower speeds. Jon James, the cable company's executive director of broadband, wrote a letter to the Bristol...

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Hyperoptic chief calls for universal FTTH broadband

Friday, November 2nd 2012

Rolling out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband to every property in the UK would give the economy a major boost, according to Hyperoptic chairman Boris Ivanovic. Speaking to London Loves Business, Mr Ivanovic said universal...

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BT accelerates fibre broadband rollout

Thursday, November 1st 2012

BT has again accelerated its fibre optic broadband rollout, with the telecoms giant now aiming to cover two-thirds of UK properties during spring 2014. The company originally intended to hit this target by the end of 2015, before...

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