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What is Superfast Broadband?

Admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:30:10 +0000

Superband broadband is a term used to describe a broadband connection that has speeds of 25 Mbps or above. If you wish to download music, play games online and stream your favourite shows simultaneously these are the sort of speeds that you will need. Superfast broadband uses the latest innovation which is fibre optic technology and [...]

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12,000 Homes In Plymouth To Have Superfast Broadband

Admin — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:41:35 +0000

Bt engineers are to connect a further 12,000 homes and businesses in Devonport, Plymouth to superfast fibre broadband in the next few weeks. This will take the number of users with access to high speed broadband in the Plymouth area upto about 76,000. Plymstock and St Budeaux also hope to be upgraded next year. By the end of [...]

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The Fastest and Slowest Broadband Speeds in the UK

Admin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:09:08 +0000

According to a recent study taken by uSwitch there is a huge gap between the fastest and slowest broadband speeds in urban and rural Britain. Lincolnshire has three of the slowest streets for broadband in the UK. Cromarty Road in Stamford Lincolnshire actually has the slowest broadband speed of all . The worst in Britain. Local residents measured [...]

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‘Camourflage’ for Broadband Street Cabinets

Admin — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:03:55 +0000

G overnment Culture spokesperson Viscount Younger of Leckie has been reported as saying that the new broadband street cabinets that are being installed on our streets will be sited very discreetly. He said ”There are plans afoot to camourflage these street containers. They will not be on every street. They will be on occasional streets , sited very [...]

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Free Youview Box for new BT Broadband Users

Admin — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:59:26 +0000

From the 26th of October all new BT Infinity broadband users will be offered a free Humax DTR-T1000 Youview set-top box. There is however a £49 activation charge and a £6.95 delivery charge. In order to take advantage of the offer any new customer will have to commit to a 12 month contract with Infinity. [...]

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ISPs Will Be Able to Install Broadband Fibre Cabinets In Any Street

Admin — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:53:49 +0000

The new Sectretary of State for media , culture and sport Maria Miller has announced that, as from next spring, it is hoped that Internet Service Providers will be allowed to build fibre cabinets for superfast broadband in any street without permission from the relevant council. There will be exceptions such as sites of scientific interest [...]

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Doncaster Council to Borrow £6.26 for Broadband Scheme

Admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:56:33 +0000

Doncaster Council has been given the go-ahead to borrow £6.26 to help fund the controversial South Yorkshire Digital Region project. The loan was approved at a recent meeting on the Council. Simon Wikes , Dircetor of Finance was reported as saying in a recent report. ” Until the process has been completed it is impossible to quantify [...]

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The Governement to Miss Broadband Target

Admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:05:03 +0000

It has been reported that due to unfortunate delays in the procurement process the Government is likely to miss one of this years important targets in its plans to rollout superfast broadband accross the UK. The report in the Financial Times said that the timetable for local authorities has suffered a setback of at least 3 months due [...]

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O2 Compensation

Admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:57:59 +0000

O2 customers who were unable to use their network earlier this month are to be offered compensation. Millions will be offered discounts on their bills. Almost a third of its 23 million customers were unable to use their phones to send texts ,make calls or browse the internet for 24 hours. Customers will be refunded [...]

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Cost of Fixed Deals increase for Mobile Phone Users.

Admin — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:45:03 +0000

The consumer group Which has found that 70% of customers on fixed contracts did not realise that network providers could increase prices during their fixed deal term. Mobile phone providers are making £90 million a year simply by using a loophole which allows them to increase the cost of a fixed rate deal for customers on [...]

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