News Archive - October 2014

Monday, October 20th 2014

Superfast fibre optic broadband has arrived in the market town of Wensleydale. Wensleydale is among the latest areas to receive a connection to fibre optic broadband under the Sup...

Monday, October 20th 2014

Over 300,000 homes and businesses in Birmingham have now been connected to fibre broadband, thanks to BT Openreach. A significant milestone has been reached in Birmingham, as 300,000 homes and businesses have now gai...

Friday, October 17th 2014

Businesses in Lancashire are being given the opportunity to take part in an event showing them how to use broadband to their best advantage next week. The Superfast Lancashire rollout programme will be hosting a free event next week (23 October 2014),...

Friday, October 17th 2014

The world's fastest knitter has welcomed the arrival of superfast broadband in the Shetland Islands. When thinking of broadband, knitting may not be the first thing that springs to mind, but in the She...

Thursday, October 16th 2014

All Welsh telephone exchanges are to be upgraded to better broadband by 2016 under the Superfast Cymru rollout programme. Every telephone exchange in Wales is to be upgraded to superfast broadband over the next two years.T...

Thursday, October 16th 2014

The Devonshire village of Northlew now has access to better broadband thanks to an innovative piece of technology. Northlew, a remote Devon village located close to Dartmoor, has become one of the first communities ...

Wednesday, October 15th 2014

Over 800 premises in Elvington can now access superfast fibre broadband. MP for York Outer Julian Sturdy has paid a visit to Elvington to discover how the arrival of superfa...

Wednesday, October 15th 2014

An additional 80,000 Scottish premises are set to be connected to superfast fibre broadband. An extra 80,000 residential and commercial properties in Scotland are set to gain access to fibre op...

Thursday, October 2nd 2014

Work is underway to deliver superfast broadband to exchange only residents in Bradley Stoke. A significant number of residents in Bradley Stoke who currently receive their internet connections ...

Thursday, October 2nd 2014

Connecting Cumbria has now delivered superfast broadband to 50,000 local homes and businesses. The Connecting Cumbria superfast broadband rollout programme has just celebrated the first anniversa...