News
See the latest news and offers from the world of broadband.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 16 Mar 2021
Starlink broadband expands coverage across the UK
It's now available in a number of areas across Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 15 Feb 2021
New survey shows minor progress made in rural broadband connectivity
The amount of farmers who have access to superfast broadband has increased by 3% over the last year.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 29 Jan 2021
Construction on new full fibre network begins in Scunthorpe
Existing infrastructure will be used in the build meaning it should be completed by mid-March 2021.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 15 Jan 2021
Airband to deploy fibre to the premise broadband across East Cheshire
The project will focus on homes and businesses in those hard-to-reach rural areas.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 18 Dec 2020
KCOM removes all broadband data caps for Christmas
Customers can enjoy using the internet without worrying about running up an expensive bill.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 11 Dec 2020
Giganet to offer services in six new locations across Hampshire
They'll soon provide broadband in Portsmouth, Swindon, Reading, Plymouth, Crawley and Horsham.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 04 Dec 2020
Openreach moves to only selling full fibre packages in Salisbury
The BT subsidiary has constructed a new ultrafast fibre network across the city.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 13 Nov 2020
Launch of new Xbox causes record-breaking use of broadband data
Gamers all across the country were downloading huge new game files and updates.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 30 Oct 2020
WeFibre to provide gigabit broadband to 1 million homes by 2023
The first phase will see Marsden, West Yorkshire, Blackpool and Tameside, Greater Manchester get access to the service.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 23 Oct 2020
Vodafone uses phone boxes to boost 4G signal in Brighton
The provider has repurposed the old technology.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 09 Oct 2020
Gigaclear gives update on East Berkshire rollout
Significant progress has been made after the provider succeeded in passing a Great Western railway line.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 02 Oct 2020
Gigaclear to provide ultrafast broadband to Essex town
Around 20,000 premises in Braintree are set to benefit from the project.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 25 Sep 2020
Truespeed to give 50 schools free ultrafast broadband
The gigabit capable service will soon be in a variety of schools across Bath and North Somerset.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 18 Sep 2020
Openreach confirms new locations for Fibre First scheme
67 additional towns, cities and villages will have access to ultrafast broadband speeds in the next two years.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 28 Aug 2020
Virgin Media launches package for those on Universal Credit
The Essential Plan will cost just £15 a month for a 15Mbps connection.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 19 Aug 2020
Scientists achieve new fastest broadband speed
178Tbps is fast enough to download Netflix's vast library in a split second.
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• 07 Aug 2020
Virgin Media expands gigabit footprint by another million properties
The ISP has overtaken BT's Openreach to become the UK's largest ultrafast provider.
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Charlotte Whyatt • 31 Jul 2020
3.2 million rural premises to receive full fibre broadband
BT's Openreach aim to connect up 20 million extra homes and businesses over the next decade.