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May 5, 2012
Governments broadband plans face a funding shortfall.A recent report by the London School of Econmics says that the Governments targets for broadband are unlikely to be met. There is expected to be a £1.1 bn funding gap. The Government wants 100% access to fast broadband services and 90% access to superfast broadband by 2015. However the cost of meeting the targets [...]
May 1, 2012
Lancashire Villages Are Digging Their Own Broadband Trenches.The villages of Lancashire are so fed up with their slow download broadband speeds that they have all come together to dig a 40 mile trench to lay their own broadband line. The residents of Wray, Arkholme, Melling, Wennington, Tatham, Roeburndale, Over Wyresdale and Quermore are hoping to raise £1.86 million to finance the scheme and have [...]
April 25, 2012
John Lewis to Offer Broadband ServiceThe retailer John Lewis has announced that they are to offer broadband services to their many customers. There will be a Standard broadband option costing £11.00 per month plus line rental and calls from £13.50 per month which includes up to 16Mb speed and a 20GB monthly usage. There is also an Unlimited broadband option costing [...]
April 8, 2012
Broadband Deal agreed for LancashireIt has been announced that the first UK county to agree a broadband deal for rural areas is Lancashire. Funding will be provided by both the Governement and also by BT. The government wants to improve rural broadband and all councils have been given until the end of April so sort out projects and get [...]
March 31, 2012
50,000 Customers Leave Talk TalkTalk Talk has reported that 50,000 customers defected in the three months prior to December. This brings the total customers lost to 170,000 since November 2010. They are now falling further behind their rivals BT and Sky. However the companies share price increased by 9% after it raised its profit forecast. Talk Talk’s total number of customers has now dropped [...]