Broadband

Rural Broadband Questions, As Two Altnet Schemes Lose Council Support

Support for alternative rural broadband projects has been dropped by two English councils, raising more concerns

11 years ago

CityFibre To Invest £30m In Peterborough Gigabit Fibre Network

CityFibre makes Peterborough its latest gigabit city, and will start delivering services in spring

11 years ago

Virgin Media To Increase Broadband Speeds – And Prices

Virgin Media is to raise broadband and television prices by an average of 6.7 percent, as it prepares to launch…

11 years ago

BT Openreach CEO ‘Frustrated’ At Constant BDUK Criticism

Openreach CEO Liv Garfield says BDUK is on track and suggests it could use more government funding

11 years ago

Superfast Cornwall Reaches 82 Percent Fibre Coverage

Cornwall becomes the best connected rural region in Europe as better connections save and create jobs in the county

11 years ago

No UK City Has Superfast Broadband Claims uSwitch

uSwitch research contradicts Ofcom findings, but BT says to believe the official figures

11 years ago

BT Adds 195,000 To Its Fibre Network In Record Quarter For Openreach

BT adds 195,00 new and existing broadband subscribers to fibre as BT Sport secures 2m sign-ups

11 years ago

Ofcom Allows Consumers And SMBs To Exit Mobile And Broadband Deals If Prices Rise

Ofcom says service providers must make customers aware of mid-contract price hikes and their right to cancel

11 years ago

BT To Trial Huawei G.FAST FTTdp Copper Broadband Technology

1Gbps broadband on the way with G.FAST and FTTdp, say Huawei and BT

11 years ago

EE Set To Replace Vodafone As BT’s Mobile Partner

With BT's MVNO agreement with Vodafone rumming out, EE will be the new BT mobile partner for business customers and…

11 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee Launches Alliance For Affordable Internet

The new non-profit will campaign for open and competitive broadband markets in the developing world

11 years ago

Berkshire And BT Sign £8m BDUK Broadband Deal

Around 18.000 premises are set to benefit from BDUK cash

11 years ago

PAC: BT And Government Are Killing Broadband Competition

DCMS advised to stop throwing money at BT until it comes up with a more competitive framework

11 years ago

TalkTalk Offers Basic Broadband for £2.50 Per Month

There's still £15.40 to pay for the line rental, obviously

11 years ago

Google 1Gbps Fibre Network Hit By Liability Delay

Google’s construction of 1Gbps fibre network in Kansas has been halted after liability concerns

11 years ago

BT Signs £14m East Riding Superfast Broadband Deal

Superfast broadband is coming to the East Riding part of Yorkshire, as BT wins another BDUK deal

11 years ago

ASA Bans BT Infinity TV Advert Over Fibre Speed Claims

You'll never have to see the BT Infinity advert with the flatmates ever again

11 years ago

BDUK Deal Makes Newcastle One Of Europe’s Best Connected Cities

BT wins more BDUK cash in the Northeast in £3.8m deal to extend fibre to 97 percent of Newcastle-on-Tyne

11 years ago

BT Calls Time On Old Dial-Up Service – Or Does It?

If you can't get broadband, you'll have to take your modem over to BT-owned Plusnet

11 years ago

Milton Keynes And Bedfordshire Agree £12m BT BDUK Deal

BT wins yet more BDUK cash in Milton Keynes and Bedfordshire

11 years ago

BT Wins BDUK Leicestershire Cash

BT agrees £16.9m BDUK deal to bring fibre to 95 percent of the county

11 years ago

Google Seeks Testers For Balloon-Based Internet

Google wants you, or more specifically Google's Project Loon wants people who live in California's Central Valley and who would…

11 years ago

‘Flawed’ South Yorkshire Broadband Scheme To Close

Millions of pounds has been wasted after the closure of a local council-backed broadband scheme in South Yorkshire

11 years ago

The Only Way Is Essex Broadband: BT Agrees £24.6m BDUK Deal

Rural Essex was well jel of towns and cities' fast fibre, till BT won BDUK cash

11 years ago

BT Wins More BDUK Cash In £20m Nottinghamshire Deal

Sheriff of Nottingham says BDUK cash will be used to improve broadband in rural areas

11 years ago

Ofcom Proposes Easier Broadband Switching

Ofcom proposals seek easier broadband and landline switching for consumers hunting for a better deal

11 years ago

Superfast Broadband Adoption Increases Average UK Speed To 14.7Mbps

Average UK speeds rise thanks to superfast broadband, but gap between urban and rural widens

11 years ago

Government Starts Super Connected Cities Broadband Voucher Trial

Government invites small businesses to apply for broadband vouchers in watered-down vision

11 years ago

BT Agrees £20m Worcestershire BDUK Partnership

More BDUK funding is dished out to Worcestershire

11 years ago

BT Signs £25m Oxfordshire BDUK Deal

The south east's most rural county to get BDUK funding

11 years ago