broadband
25 Sep 2013
Village first for superfast broadband
A SMALL village has become the first rural community to benefit from a multi-million pound Superfast Lancashire project. Completion of engineering work means most of the 240 premises in the...
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22 Sep 2013
Labour in £75m rural broadband pledge
THE Labour Party has pledged an extra £75m to bring faster broadband to the countryside. The money would come from the government’s urban broadband programme should Labour win the next...
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06 Sep 2013
Faster rural broadband arrives early
TWO small rural communities are benefiting from high speed broadband – three months ahead of schedule. Homes and businesses in Sticklepath (Devon) and Bradford on Tone (Somerset) are the first...
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08 Aug 2013
Urban-rural digital divide widens
A WIDENING gulf in broadband speeds between town and country is leaving rural communities languishing behind their urban counterparts. The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013,...
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05 Aug 2013
Better broadband ‘would boost economy’
FASTER broadband in rural areas would give a bigger boost to the economy than other key innovations, suggests a survey. Four out of five (80%) of all adults agreed that...
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14 Jul 2013
MPs in call for rural broadband cash
A COALITION of MPs in one of England’s biggest rural counties has urged the government to release extra money to help bring faster broadband to local communities. The Superfast North...
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10 Jul 2013
Dorset signs rural broadband deal
A multi-million pound contract to bring faster broadband to thousands more homes and businesses has been signed by Dorset County Council. The local authority has agreed a £31.75m deal which...
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05 Jul 2013
Auditors slam missed broadband target
A GOVERNMENT programme to roll out superfast rural broadband has been criticised by auditors after ministers admitted it would miss its target. The target to bring superfast broadband to 90%...
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30 Jun 2013
Think tank to probe rural challenges
RURAL communities are set to benefit from a new body that will examine the challenges of living in the countryside. The Rural England think-tank has been established as an independent...
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13 Jun 2013
Watchdog slams rural broadband rollout
The rollout of superfast broadband across rural Britain has been likened to a “train crash” by the government’s spending watchdog. In a “deeply critical” report due to be published next...
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