Regional News
Leominster Enterprise Park facing £30k bill for fibre broadband
Businesses based at Leominster Enterprise Park are facing a bill of more than £30,000 if they wish to access fibre optic broadband. The Herefordshire town has been included in BT's superfast broadband rollout, but the...
Read moreCheshire businesses to benefit from superfast broadband help
Businesses in Cheshire are set to benefit from £1.5 million of investment to help them make the most of the digital technology enabled by fibre optic broadband. The scheme, named Connecting Cheshire Superfast Business, is...
Read moreBT brings fibre broadband to Whitley Bay
Thousands of homes and businesses in Whitley Bay are now benefiting from BT's fibre broadband rollout in North Tyneside - a development that Tynemouth MP Alan Campbell has praised as a "big step forward" for the...
Read moreDarlington benefits from BT fibre broadband rollout
BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to thousands of properties in Darlington, in a move welcomed by the local borough council. The upgrades are set for completion in the coming weeks, by which time more than 31,000 homes and...
Read moreMarketing firm claims Cornwall has better broadband than Silicon Valley
Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula has faster broadband than Northern California's Silicon Valley tech hub, according to the owners of a local online marketing company. Rob and Andrea Edlin, who own Helston-based Niddocks, were...
Read moreWest Yorks fibre broadband project set to receive green light
A major project to roll out fibre optic broadband across West Yorkshire is set to be given the green light. Known as the West Yorkshire Local Broadband Project, the scheme is designed to bring superfast speeds to rural...
Read moreFibre broadband rolling out to 3,000 Somersham properties
The Cambridgeshire village of Somersham has become one of the latest communities to benefit from BT's £2.5 billion commercial fibre optic broadband rollout. Engineers have already brought the service to hundreds of...
Read moreConnecting Shropshire publishes fibre broadband map
The partners behind the Connecting Shropshire broadband project have published a map detailing the areas set to benefit from fibre optic-based services. Although the project between Shropshire Council, BT and government agency...
Read moreBT says Ponteland shows highest fibre broadband demand in north-east
The Northumberland town of Ponteland has shown the highest demand for fibre optic broadband of any north-east community, according to new research from BT. Of all the people able to access superfast broadband that live in...
Read moreBT supports Scottish fibre broadband rollout with jobs boost
BT is set to take on dozens more engineers in Scotland to assist with the rollout of fibre optic broadband. The telecoms giant will create 150 positions, with the new engineers to be based in Inverness, Fort William, Oban,...
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