Latest Broadband General News in UK

Jeremy Hunt, the cultural secretary has reminded the local council authorities to forward their plans for improving the broadband coverage in their areas to get full access to the basic 2 Mbps service. The last date is preponed to 29th of February of the year from the original date of April. Acc.......
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The Leicestershire County Council has set aside GBP 4 million for improving the broadband service in the rural areas of the county. This is in addition to the GBP 3.8 million allotted to Leicestershire and Rutland by the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) in the year 2011. The finance is a part of.......
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Ofcom’s proposal early this month to increase broadband coverage to 98% of the country population is widely appreciated throughout the country. Nicholas Soames, the Mid Sussex MP is one of the staunch supporters of the ‘better broadband coverage’ campaign in Mid Sussex, West Sussex etc. .......
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The Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) was formed in March 2011 by the UK government to be responsible for achieving the following goals: 1. Provide at least 2 Mbps broadband to the whole of UK 2. Make available next generation broadband to 90% of the UK by 2015. A number of reliable and establ.......
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The political as well as the people heading businesses have pledged that they would go on trying to avail of super-fast broadband connectivity for Brighton and Hove. Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture has not permitted the city to bid for a 100 million pound grant to provide high sp.......
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One of the providers of broadband services in the North West seemed to have asserted that they were able to avail of download speeds of 100Mb on their metropolitan Wi-Fi Service. ISPreview.co.uk has reported that Vispa which is a firm that has its headquarters in Cheshire has been able to provid.......
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Bedford Borough Council has set up a discussion on a very interesting venture that is getting ready to enhance the accessibility of broadband speeds for towns in the Borough. This venture would especially aim at broadband speed improvements in the non-metropolitan regions where accessibility is rath.......
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The main aim of the UK government in launching the Broadband Delivery UK project (BDUK) is to bring at least 2 Mbps broadband to the whole country. Its secondary aim is to ensure the availability of ‘next generation broadband’ to 90 percent of the population before the end of 2015. The local.......
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The revival of Longlands, one of Norfolk’s country estates, is prevented due to non availability of adequate broadband service. The 25,000 acre Holkham estate has spent not less than GBP 50,000 for its renovation hoping to attract businesses, but slow internet connection has played havoc. .......
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It is believed that fast internet increases cyber crime, especially in the case of small and medium enterprises. But this has been ruled out by Mark Prisk, the Business Minister. He confirmed that fast broadband in no way makes the small and medium firms targets of cyber attacks. However he .......
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