broadband
09 Jun 2013
Help map mobile phone coverage
MOBILE phone users are being asked to turn detective and help map reception rates across rural Britain. Rural businesses and communities received a far poorer service than urban users –...
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27 May 2013
£20m broadband fund deadline extended
THE deadline has been extended for applications to the government’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund. Rural communities have just under a month to get their applications in for the final...
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20 May 2013
Faster broadband for rural Sussex
FIBRE broadband will be rolled out to around 98% of West Sussex homes and businesses within three years. A new fibre network will transform broadband speeds across the county and...
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13 May 2013
Rural broadband still too slow
BROADBAND speeds in the countryside continue to languish behind those in larger towns and cities. Rural broadband connections are three times slower than speeds in cities, according to the latest...
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29 Apr 2013
Residents ‘must register for broadband’
RURAL residents are being urged to help bring superfast broadband to North Dorset. Dorset County Council said communities urgently needed to demonstrate that they needed superfast broadband so they got...
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19 Apr 2013
Government strives for better broadband
THE government says it is continuing to look at ways of improving rural broadband services. Two thirds of premises in the UK now have superfast broadband available, culture secretary Maria...
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27 Mar 2013
Village halls get wireless broadband
THIRTY village halls will be provided with wireless internet under plans unveiled by a rural district council. In a ground-breaking move, West Lindsey District Council has appointed Quickline to install...
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18 Mar 2013
Novel approach to rural broadband
PUBLIC funding should be used to attract investment in superfast rural broadband networks, says a report. Launched by the Carnegie UK Trust and the Community Broadband Network, the document examines...
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23 Feb 2013
Faster broadband one step closer
HIGH-SPEED broadband moved a step closer for Buckinghamshire, which wants a company to lay cables in areas with slow or no connections. The announcement follows a government announcement to increase...
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15 Feb 2013
Villagers create hyperfast broadband network
RURAL residents in Lancashire have some of the UK’s fastest internet speeds after creating their own community broadband network. The Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) initiative held a public...
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