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Hyperoptic rolls out 1Gbps fibre broadband to Isle of Dogs
Hyperoptic has rolled out its ultra-fast fibre optic broadband service to the Lanterns Court and City Nites block on the Isle of Dogs. Around 60 apartments are located in the block, with about one-sixth of these already connected...
Read moreMP says BT should not be handed £24m for Cumbrian fibre broadband
BT should not be handed £24 million to roll out fibre optic broadband in Cumbria, according to Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron. Fujitsu last week announced it had pulled out of the bidding process to land the...
Read moreBT chief hails St Agnes FTTP on Demand trial
BT's programme director for the Superfast Cornwall project has praised the decision to trial a new ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service in St Agnes. Ranulf Scarborough said it is great news that the FTTP on Demand...
Read moreVirgin Media data traffic hits 4.2 petabytes a day in Q1
The volume of data on Virgin Media's fibre optic broadband network increased by almost one-third in the six months to March 2012. Research from Virgin Media Business revealed that video streaming, web browsing, email and...
Read moreFibre broadband provider Hyperoptic named best new ISP
Fibre optic broadband provider Hyperoptic has won a prize at the 2012 ISPA Awards. The company saw off competition from Boundless Communications, Spectrum Internet and Wirehive to win the best new internet service provider...
Read moreBT denies ignoring Scottish Borders with fibre broadband plans
BT has hit out at claims that its fibre optic broadband rollout programme has overlooked the Scottish Borders. Conservative MSP John Lamont said he could not think of a good reason why the region had been ignored in the telecoms...
Read moreKC says fibre broadband rollout is 'ambitious and special'
KC's director of consumer markets Nick Thompson has hailed the east Yorkshire internet service provider's fibre optic broadband rollout as "ambitious and special". The company is rolling out super-fast broadband...
Read moreEdinburgh to trial BT's FTTP on Demand
Edinburgh will be one of the first parts of the UK to gain access to a new ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband service from BT. The Scottish capital's Waverley exchange area will be one of eight across the UK to...
Read moreBlack Country LEP praises BT fibre broadband rollout
A West Midlands local enterprise partnership (LEP) has welcomed news that BT will bring fibre optic broadband to thousands more properties in Birmingham. During 2013, the company will extend its super-fast broadband coverage to...
Read moreBT makes major fibre broadband investment in south-west
South-west England is set to benefit from a major fibre optic broadband investment from BT. Corsham, Highworth, Malmesbury, Pill and Westbury-on-Trym are among the latest communities in the region to be included in the national...
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