internet
05 Dec 2022
£100 million plan to connect thousands of rural premises in Cumbria
The News and Star reports that around 60,000 premises in the county will be connected to the fastest broadband on the market after Belfast-based supplier Fibrus signed the biggest contract...
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31 Oct 2022
Free broadband for village halls available
Airband is a provider of rural broadband services and this year is working closely with the Rural Services Network to sponsor their popular seminar programme. Founded in 2009, Airband is an independent...
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20 Sep 2021
“Levelling Up” must benefit the whole country
The Levelling Up Taskforce’s Selaine Saxby MP, Member of Parliament for North Devon, writes in the Levelling Up News (17 September 2021), ‘View of the Week’, how levelling up must...
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17 Aug 2020
MPs write to watchdog over BBC cuts to regional news services
Outlets including the Northern Echo and the Helensburgh Advertiser cover news that Damian Collins MP (Con) and 22 other MPs have written to Ofcom about cuts the BBC is making...
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20 Jul 2020
Rural schools benefit from upgraded internet
The Northern Echo reports that rural primary schools across the North Yorkshire are set to receive a boost to their internet speeds High-speed connectivity provider NYnet is working to deliver...
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04 May 2020
Rural internet users want faster broadband speeds for homeworking
The Telegraph reports on the increasing numbers of internet users who are attempting to change to faster providers due to outages caused while people are working from home during the...
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