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Progress on broadband in Lancashire
27.01.2014

Progress on broadband in Lancashire

TEN rural communities will get faster broadband thanks to a multi-million pound project in Lancashire. Rapid progress of the Superfast Lancashire project means 52% of the county can now get access to high-speed fibre broadband when BT's commercial...

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Faster broadband tops rural wishlist
05.01.2014

Faster broadband tops rural wishlist

BETTER broadband is top of the rural agenda for 2014, with campaigners saying too many communities are still languishing on slow connections. The government says delivery of so-called superfast broadband is accelerating. But campaigners warn that rural areas...

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Broadband provider extends coverage
02.12.2013

Broadband provider extends coverage

A RURAL wireless broadband supplier is marking its second anniversary with a ten-fold extension in its coverage. More homes and businesses than ever before are now benefiting from the wireless technology used by ThinkingWISP in Norfolk. ThinkingWISP...

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Rural broadband worth £4.6bn - report
22.11.2013

Rural broadband worth £4.6bn - report

Faster broadband speeds will boost the rural economy by £4.6bn a year, reveals a government-commissioned report. For every £1 the government is investing in broadband, the UK economy will benefit by £20, says the study. The UK...

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Rural groups call for broadband review
28.09.2013

Rural groups call for broadband review

CAMPAIGNERS have called for a government review after MPs branded its superfast rural broadband rollout a shambles. The Countryside Alliance said rural communities and businesses would suffer unless the government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project was overhauled. ...

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Village first for superfast broadband
25.09.2013

Village first for superfast broadband

A SMALL village has become the first rural community to benefit from a multi-million pound Superfast Lancashire project. Completion of engineering work means most of the 240 premises in the village of Belthorn will now be able to...

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Labour in £75m rural broadband pledge
22.09.2013

Labour in £75m rural broadband pledge

THE Labour Party has pledged an extra £75m to bring faster broadband to the countryside. The money would come from the government's urban broadband programme should Labour win the next general election. Labour said it would divert...

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Faster rural broadband arrives early
06.09.2013

Faster rural broadband arrives early

TWO small rural communities are benefiting from high speed broadband – three months ahead of schedule. Homes and businesses in Sticklepath (Devon) and Bradford on Tone (Somerset) are the first to benefit from the £94m Connecting Devon and...

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Urban-rural digital divide widens
08.08.2013

Urban-rural digital divide widens

A WIDENING gulf in broadband speeds between town and country is leaving rural communities languishing behind their urban counterparts. The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013, reveals the latest research by the government's telecoms...

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Better broadband 'would boost economy'
05.08.2013

Better broadband 'would boost economy'

FASTER broadband in rural areas would give a bigger boost to the economy than other key innovations, suggests a survey. Four out of five (80%) of all adults agreed that rolling out high-speed broadband across the whole of...

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