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Virgin Media sees super-fast fibre broadband growth
Virgin Media has reported another increase in the number of customers signed up to its super-fast fibre optic broadband services. During the three months to the end of June, the cable company added 459,800 more subscribers to its...
Read moreOpposition to BT's Midhurst fibre broadband rollout
Parts of Midhurst in West Sussex could miss out on access to fibre optic broadband from BT after plans to install a new street cabinet met with criticism. Midhurst Town Council clerk Joan Hursthouse told a meeting that a resident...
Read moreNorth Yorks says two bidders important for fibre broadband projects
John Moore of North Yorkshire's publicly funded fibre broadband project has spoken of the importance of having two bidders competing for its broadband contract. Mr Moore, the county's director for finance and central...
Read moreBT rolls out fibre broadband to Edinburgh Waverley
Fibre optic broadband has gone live at Edinburgh's Waverley exchange, BT has announced. The first homes and businesses in the exchange area can now sign up for super-fast broadband, with coverage set to be extended to more...
Read moreHyperoptic 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 moreNorthants villages seek Defra fibre broadband cash
A bid for money to support the rollout of fibre optic broadband in Northamptonshire has been submitted to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The Newbottle, Charlton and King's Sutton Superfast...
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 moreGaming veteran to promote super-fast broadband in Lincs
UK gaming industry veteran Dave Sharp is set to speak in Lincolnshire as part of a campaign to promote the benefits of fibre optic broadband and other forms of super-fast connectivity. Mr Sharp of Binary Asylum will give a talk...
Read moreGrant to support West Oxfordshire fibre broadband rollout
Fibre optic broadband is set to be rolled out in West Oxfordshire after a local organisation won a £1.5 million grant to support the deployment. Cotswold Broadband will use the money from the government's Rural...
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...
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