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Oxford to address broadband issues

posted on 18 April 2011

Time to address the issues with terrible broadband speeds, if there actually is an internet connection at all, thought the Oxfordshire County Council. David Robertson, Deputy Council Leader, has teamed up with Local Enterprise Partnership to launch a campaign which would give the opportunity for locals to voice their views on the broadband an... [read more]

Warrington pleased to get fibre-connected

posted on 15 April 2011

Warrington North Labour MP has shown her eagerness to get the area fibre-connected and welcomed BT's plan to bring high speed internet to the region. The Warrington Guardian has reported Helen Jones as saying that she was nothing less than "pleased" regarding BT's decision to upgrade the exchanges to fibre in Warrington as well as 155 other l... [read more]

Burton Council prepares reports on the area’s woefully slow broadband

posted on 14 April 2011

Outdated broadband infrastructure no more, thought Councillors in Staffordshire while thinking of ways how to improve broadband connectivity within the area. Burton Mail has reported that local house owners and businessmen said that they were experiencing "woefully slow" broadband speeds, which could potentially prevent regional companies fro... [read more]

Collaborating ISPs comment on Fujitsu’s grand fibre plan

posted on 13 April 2011

Broadbandwatcher has recently reported on Fujitsu's recent grand plan to put together a fibre broadband network to rival that of BT Openreach's. The ISPs which collaborated on the project also said that especially rural areas are going to see the benefits of the fibre scheme. Virgin Media and TalkTalk, which have teamed up with both Fujitsu ... [read more]

What is Fibre Optic Broadband?

posted on 12 April 2011

Fibre optic broadband is the future of high-speed internet. Just as ADSL broadband internet was an enormous step forward compared to the original 56k dial-up connections, fibre optic broadband has been a massive leap in the evolution of how we get online. Standard ADSL broadband is limited to 24Mbps but fibre connections in the UK can provide... [read more]

High-speed broadband is key for Malvern

posted on 12 April 2011

It has recently been claimed that the key to encouraging businesses expand or move to Malvern is high-speed broadband. Additionally, it will help local companies flourish, according to recent reports. Economic Development Manager at Malvern Hills District Council, Simon Smith, has recently been reported as saying that superfast broadband wou... [read more]

Fibre broadband promises not worth celebrating, businesses say

posted on 11 April 2011

It seems that getting fibre-connected is not something that small (SME) Lincolnshire-based businesses think is worth celebrating, despite the region has been scheduled in for a superfast 40Mbps upgrade. It has been said that it took three years for campaigners' voices to be heard with BT finally including the county into its latest list of lo... [read more]

Princes Risborough to gain high-speed broadband

posted on 11 April 2011

The super-fast broadband will provide in-excess of 2k homes in the area with estimated download speeds of up to 40Mbps and upload speeds of 10Mbps. The little Buckinghamshire town has been chosen by the British telecommunications company as a part of its £2.5bn BT Openreach project. The company has laid out plans to provide two thirds of the... [read more]

Ed Vaizey to attend the Suffolk Broadband Conference

posted on 07 April 2011

It seems that the broadband summit to take place in Suffolk is going to be big news, as according to recent reports, even Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey, is going to be among the attendees. Peter Aldous, Waveney MP, is the main organiser of the Suffolk Broadband Conference, which is set to have an impressive guest list, for instance, expe... [read more]

WAG hopes to find areas in most need of high-speed broadband

posted on 31 March 2011

A new private sector focused open market review is set to show what businesses are really doing in order to invest in the deployment of Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband internet services. The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) hoped that the data gathered would help those in power to see what areas will be blanketed by private investors an... [read more]

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