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Superfast Cornwall brings fibre broadband to Coombe
The historic Cornish tin mining village of Coombe has become the latest community to benefit from the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT and the EU. Significant infrastructure-related obstacles stood in the...
Read moreFTTH provider Hyperoptic signs up for LifeSkills programme
Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband provider Hyperoptic is taking part in a new scheme designed to help school leavers make the transition to the workplace. LifeSkills Work Week, created with Barclays, will see the company offer...
Read moreZen cuts FTTC installation fee by more than 50%
Zen Internet has slashed the installation fee it charges on its fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) broadband services, which offer speeds of up to 76Mbps. The internet service provider has previously expressed concern at the apparently...
Read moreBT rolling out fibre broadband to 17,600 Kirkcaldy properties
Fibre optic broadband will be rolled out to thousands of properties in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy over the coming weeks, BT has announced. Engineers have already brought the service to hundreds of local homes and businesses,...
Read moreKC Lightstream fibre broadband service up for ISPA award
KC's Lightstream fibre optic broadband service is in the running for a prize at this year's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) Awards. Lightstream is in with a chance of winning the newly announced Best Superfast...
Read moreCentral Somerset communities could miss out on fibre broadband
A number of rural communities in central Somerset are at risk of missing out on a major countywide rollout of fibre optic broadband. Exchanges in Charlton Adam and Somerton are currently listed by BT as being "under...
Read moreOulton Park hosts launch event for Cheshire fibre broadband project
Cheshire's Oulton Park race circuit was the setting for the official launch of a multimillion-pound project that aims to significantly boost the county's fibre optic broadband coverage. The Connecting Cheshire...
Read moreSuperfast Cornwall volunteers run Whitstone IT tutorial
Adults in the Cornish village of Whitstone have been offered the chance to learn vital IT skills as part of the county's fibre optic broadband partnership with BT. The taster session took place at Whitstone Community Primary...
Read moreFibre broadband rolled out to 2,800 Ripon properties
Fibre optic broadband has been rolled out to hundreds of homes and businesses in Ripon as part of the Superfast North Yorkshire (SNY) scheme. Around 2,800 properties in the location - which is England's fourth smallest city -...
Read moreKC enjoys higher-than-expected fibre broadband growth
East Yorkshire internet service provider KC has seen stronger-than-anticipated demand for fibre optic broadband connectivity. The company's Lightstream super-fast broadband service is currently being used by around 3,600...
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