Broadband News
Onlincolnshire sources the latest Broadband news relating to Lincolnshire and around the country with articles and snippets being updated on a weekly basis.
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17 February 2012This week, web skills are vital when hoping to gain employment, Tesco offers low-cost broadband and the House of Lords are set to investigate broadband investment plans. -
17 February 2012Plusnet and Eclipse Internet topped the latest round of home broadband reviews from consumer magazine Which?, while Orange and AOL are at the bottom of the list. -
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10 February 2012Telecoms watchdog Ofcom proposed a set of measures to make changing broadband and landline providers simpler and more reliable, whilst protecting people from being switched without their knowledge or consent. -
10 February 2012This week, concerns over Olympics internet meltdown, people are still unhappy about their broadband, and rolling broadband contracts become available. -
3 February 2012BT holds successful trial of “FTTP on demand” and sets timeframe for doubling of FTTC broadband speeds. -
3 February 2012This week, average UK broadband speeds go up, Virgin increases package prices after free speed bump promise, and home broadband over 3G from Three is on its way. -
27 January 2012This week, major broadband infrastructure projects are approved across the country, including one close to home, and O2 had to fix a mobile broadband blunder.
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26 January 2012Plans that will see 90 percent of Lincolnshire homes and business premises receive broadband speeds of at least 24Mbps by 2015 have been approved by the government. -
24 January 2012West Lindsey District Council has started a programme to wi-fi public buildings throughout the district.
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23 January 2012BT announces exchange upgrades to ADSL2+ and Superfast Broadband for 2012
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20 January 2012Two county libraries in Birchwood and Boston untangle the web for those seeking a healthier lifestyle. -
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20 January 2012This week, BT and Virgin suffer from outages, popular websites go dark to protest against Internet censorship, and all 600 Premier Inn hotels will get Wi-Fi. -
13 January 2012This week we look at how Ofcom is planning changes to the deployment of 4G networks, how Virgin Media is boosting customers speeds for free and how recent spending announcements overshadow broadband investments. -
13 January 2012The villagers of Scothern now have a viable fast internet option. -
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6 January 2012Rural communities and businesses are putting a reliable broadband connection at the top of their New Year wish list, according to the Country Land & Business Association (CLA). -
6 January 2012This week a report finds broadband users are set to grow by almost 60%, while satellite connections are being ignored as a viable rural broadband solution, and businesses and individuals in rural areas have been left on their own to try to find solutions. -
30 December 2011BT Openreach confirmed that its trial of "up to" 80mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) superfast broadband will be moving into the official pilot phase of testing in 2012.
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30 December 2011Each and every week we take a look at the most important broadband stories from across Lincolnshire and the UK. This week we look at how many people took to the web for boxing day sales, how superfast broadband can be complicated and how one cathedral is set to install wifi equipment on its towers. -
22 December 2011Each week we take a look at the latest in broadband news. This week's round-up looks at the expected traffic boost on broadband networks over Christmas, the future of super fast broadband in Lincolnshire and Three's plans to test 4G networks next year. -
21 December 2011Campaigners fighting for better rural broadband are urging Ofcom to hurry up and finalise the auction of 4G mobile connection. -
16 December 2011This week, super-fast broadband gets more affordable as it expands next year to some 178 new locations, but uptake of the service lags behind countries such as Japan and USA, an Ofcom report found. -
16 December 2011More than 48,000 homes and businesses in Lincolnshire will be able to get superfast broadband during 2012 as part of an expansion of BT’s roll-out plans.
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9 December 2011The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Lincolnshire says it is concerned over the broadband connectivity divide between rural and urban areas, as research shows that for many small businesses broadband speeds aren’t adequate. -
9 December 2011Every week we get the very latest broadband news from across the UK and the county, and highlight the most important and relevant stories for you. In this week’s roundup, fibre optic cable crosses the Humber bridge, the Countryside Alliance claim the planned rural broadband roll-out is slow, and Sky detail how they want to help tackle piracy. -
2 December 2011The government will invest £100 million to create up to ten ‘super-connected cities’ across the UK, with 80-100 Mbps broadband and city-wide high-speed mobile connectivity. -
2 December 2011Each and every week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, Sky offer complimentary WiFi to it's customers, Virgin is crowned the fastest ISP and BT continue helping community groups with broadband access.
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25 November 2011Each week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, Ofcom looks into ISPs' use of throttling, an organisation is concerned about rural and urban broadband divides, and North Lincolnshire's broadband receives a negative review. -
25 November 2011New Ofcom research shows that Sky and Orange, closely followed by BT and Virgin, are topping broadband customer satisfaction in the UK. The research reflects consumers’ views based on their most recent contact with their provider in the last three months.
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18 November 2011Each week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, BT are ploughing on with fibre roll-outs, uSwitch advise people on rush hour times and a provider pulls out of the BDUK race.
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18 November 2011Ofcom-approved alternative dispute resolution group Ombudsman Services feels that mobile broadband providers are still not protecting people from Bill Shock when they go over their data allowance. -
11 November 2011Every week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, people aren't happy with public Wi-Fi, OFCOM has good news on LTE mobile broadband and why rural broadband bills may go up.
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11 November 2011BT says that it is on target to meet central government targets for the country to have the best broadband in Europe by 2015.
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4 November 2011Every week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, free wireless appears in more places, BT sees some profit and we find out which ISP has the fastest download speeds. -
4 November 2011BT said it would achieve its goal to deliver super-fast fibre broadband to two thirds of UK premises a year earlier than planned, by the end of 2014, instead of the original target of 2015. -
28 October 2011Each and every week we hunt the most important broadband stories from across the county and the UK. This week we look at how many people have never sent an email, the issue surrounding UK Netflix streaming and the difference a tiny price cut could make. -
28 October 2011The UK has ranked just 25th in the world when it comes to average broadband connection speeds, behind countries like Slovakia, Latvia and Romania, among others.
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21 October 2011The European Commission has confirmed it will be putting aside around £8 billion to make sure everyone in the European Union has access to superfast broadband.
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21 October 2011Each week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, BT has a major outage, Virgin is banned from using misleading adverts and Sky benefits from more broadband customers.
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14 October 2011Thirty-three percent of broadband users in the UK have been left without a working internet connection for days, or even weeks at a time by their ISP, a survey has found.
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14 October 2011Each week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, BlackBerry has broadband issues, Virgin Media roll out more superfast broadband and TalkTalk could be in trouble...
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7 October 2011Every week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, plenty of good BT Openreach news plus an interesting study on small businesses broadband desires.
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7 October 2011BT Openreach announced that from next spring it will use a new 110Mbps Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) service that would allow for downstream speeds of up to 300Mbps.
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30 September 2011Each week we find the latest broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, how one county may provide all council homes with broadband, broadband speeds are still lagging and a new ruling on broadband advertisements.
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30 September 2011Lincolnshire County Council is continuing its work to bring better broadband connectivity to homes and businesses in the county.
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23 September 2011Talk Talk and Three UK have managed to top the chart for most complaints received for fixed and mobile broadband services. -
23 September 2011Each week we scour broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week, broadband TV is edging closer, cloud gaming is free for three months, and mobile broadband is still slow.
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16 September 2011A survey found that that 93 percent of UK broadband users would like Internet Service Providers (ISP) to put more effort into promoting upload speed on their packages.
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16 September 2011Every single week we take a look at the latest broadband news from across the county and the entire nation, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week we look at what people prefer to use to stay in touch with contacts, and which phone and broadband contracts Ofcom has decided to ban. -
9 September 2011Orange, T-Mobile and Three mobile phone customers should soon be able to receive faster mobile broadband, as the operators partnered with Virgin Media to access its fibre optic network.
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2 September 2011BT has announced that it will freeze some of its prices for residential customers until 2013 — but only after some price updates on December 3, 2011.
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2 September 2011Every single week we take a look at the latest broadband news from across the county and the entire nation, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week we look at how one company is preparing to offer mobile broadband for free, and two new possible ways to deliver broadband access. -
26 August 2011Scientists believe they have discovered a way of mapping spiralling light, which could mean getting into otherwise wasted data channels, boosting fibre optic broadband speeds. -
26 August 2011Each week we scour broadband news from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week the government climbs down on social network blocking during social unrests, BT confirms the shortlist for UK rural fibre optic exchanges and Lancashire farmers get community broadband.
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19 August 2011County residents are one step closer to receiving better broadband service, as a £14 million government grant was awarded to Lincolnshire County Council to turn ‘not-spots’ into ‘hot-spots’. The money was granted as part of a national programme to ensure that 90 percent of homes and businesses have access to broadband faster than 2Mbps by 2015. -
19 August 2011Every single week we look at the various broadband news from across Lincolnshire and the UK, highlighting the most important stories for you. This week we have news on BT joining with Heineken to offer free Wi-Fi, how mobile broadband is crucial to rural areas and details on how the governments broadband investment is taking shape.
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12 August 2011Telecommunications firm British Telecom (BT) has recently announced plans to extend the availability of its copper broadband service, with rural connections set to benefit greatly.
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12 August 2011Each and every week we take a look over the various broadband developments from across the county and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week, OFCOM looks at mobile not-spots, BT has riot problems and how the county of Gwynedd has improved its broadband. -
5 August 2011Fifty-seven percent of British households are now passed by superfast broadband, either through Virgin Media’s cable service or BT’s Infinity product, and Ofcom report has found.
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5 August 2011Each and every week we take a look over the various broadband developments from across the county and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week we find out how rural broadband adoption rates are up, and how Lincolnshire residents are not happy with their Internet services.
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29 July 2011Broadband speeds across the UK have improved slightly, according to communications regulator Ofcom.
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29 July 2011Every single week we cast an eye over the various broadband developments from across Lincolnshire and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week we find out how broadband bandwidth caps are actually price hikes, how BT's broadband rollout is too patchy and who's the biggest ISP.
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22 July 2011Villages in Lincolnshire will soon be able to enjoy faster broadband, thanks to investment from telecommunications company, BT.
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22 July 2011Every single week we cast an eye over the various broadband developments from across Lincolnshire and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week we bring you news on copper theft effecting broadband access, how BT may be forced to lower prices for rural customers and how Virgin Media have broken a speed record. -
15 July 2011Government funds set aside for developing high-speed broadband could be on its way to Lincolnshire, as the County Council has submitted a funding bid to improve connectivity in the county.
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15 July 2011Every week we take a look at broadband developments from across Lincolnshire and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week, good news for a Welsh island, Ofcom find some interesting results in a survey about slow broadband and does broadband have an affect on social media use? -
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8 July 2011Telecommunications regulator Ofcom has revealed a new web-based interactive map this week that visualises the state of broadband within the United Kingdom. -
8 July 2011Each week we look for the most important broadband news from across the UK and Lincolnshire and bring it to you. This week, an exciting collaboration, broadband blackout and which UK city has the best broadband.
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1 July 2011Each week we look for the most important broadband news from across the UK and Lincolnshire and bring it to you. This week we take a look at how a recent Virgin Media broadband campaign has been banned, how a local enterprise zone could benefit superfast broadband and O2's plans for a fibre-based broadband offering of their own.
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1 July 2011A Cambridge firm demonstrated the potential of White Space as a genuine solution to the problems of rural broadband provision, and increasingly spectrum-hungry devices. -
24 June 2011Telecoms group Everything Everywhere has been told by the UK government to help fund the development of rural broadband access.
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24 June 2011Every week we take a look at the most talked about broadband news from across the UK and Lincolnshire and bring it to you. This week we look at how much people will pay for fast broadband, which devices are most popular for mobile data and potential new WiFi hotspots.
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17 June 2011Every single week we cast an eye over the most talked about broadband news from across the UK and Lincolnshire and bring it to you. This week we look at free broadband for low-income families, how satellite broadband could help reach rural areas and more.
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17 June 2011BT announced that another 31,000 Lincolnshire homes and businesses will have access to its super-fast broadband network.
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10 June 2011O2 UK has claimed that Ofcom's decision to auction off the 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrum bands needed for 4G mobile broadband as "illegal".
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10 June 2011Every week we take a look at the most important broadband news from across the county and the UK. This week, almost a quarter of households use mobile broadband, affordable satellite broadband for rural areas and also broadband through the power lines.
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3 June 2011Every week we take a look at the most important broadband news from across the county and the UK. This week Virgin Media may have a problem, 4G could ruin TV and it's now believed that broadband is a necessity.
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3 June 2011A rise in connection fees for local Internet Service Providers (ISP) is threatening the uptake of superfast broadband in the UK.
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27 May 2011Broadband users who consume a lot of data could encourage providers to raise their prices, says France Telecom's general secretary.
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27 May 2011Every week we take a look at the most important broadband news from across the county and the UK. This week we detail the important rise of mobile broadband services and the opportunities to be gained from enterprise zones. -
20 May 2011The government are urging regulator Ofcom to extend its mobile broadband coverage to 98% of the country.
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20 May 2011Each and every week we hunt out the most important broadband stories from across the county and the UK. This week we look at the 9 million Brits living offline, the cheapest mobile broadband and TalkTalk's lower tarriffs.
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13 May 2011Could one telecoms firm hold the answer to Lincolnshire’s rural Internet troubles? Edinburgh-based Inkspot Wi-Fi Limited certainly hope so, as the firm has just applied for permission from Lincolnshire County Council to see their ambitious plans put into motion. -
13 May 2011Each and every week we hunt out the most important broadband stories from across the county and the UK. This week we look at the nominees for a mobile award, who has the best broadband dongle and what the government think "superfast" broadband is.
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6 May 2011New research has suggested that by the beginning of next year, over 16 million people in the world will have subscribed to superfast Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband.
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6 May 2011Each and every week we hunt out the most important broadband stories from across the county and the UK. This week we look at the importance of broadband, be it to businesses or home owners. We also give detail on Sky's latest deal with BT and what it means for you.
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29 April 2011Only one city in the UK has been ranked globally in a list of the world's top broadband, showing the UK lagging behind.
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29 April 2011Every week we take a look at the most important broadband stories from across the UK and Lincolnshire. This week satellite broadband and 4G are edging closer to reality, and fears of online censorship are creeping up.
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22 April 2011Every week we take a look at the most important broadband stories from across the UK and Lincolnshire. This week we check the rise of fibre optic broadband, the growing importance of a home web connection and more.
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22 April 2011A survey conducted by Ofcom has revealed that broadband provider TalkTalk is the most complained about company, while Virgin received the least. -
15 April 2011Each week we highlight the most important broadband developments from across the UK and Lincolnshire. This week we take a look at a newspaper's broadband petition, a possible new rural network and where the UK ranks in the world for its use of ICT.
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15 April 2011Remote communities in the North of Lincolnshire area will soon benefit from a new high-capacity broadband service covering Trent Valley and the Wolds from Hemswell, Merlin House and the Ingham mast. -
8 April 2011BT has announced that five more exchanges for super-fast broadband will be set live across Lincolnshire in Birchwood, Market Deeping, Sudbrooke Park, Wasingborough and Stamford.
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8 April 2011Each and every week we highlight the most important broadband developments from across the UK and Lincolnshire. This week we take a look at what role local councils play in broadband delivery, improvements to service in Lincoln and how broadband growth is at the heart of the governments plans.
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4 April 2011The Government is making funds available for rural areas with poor digital connections that will not be served by private sector investment - but the funds need to be bid for. -
1 April 2011Every week we take a look at broadband developments from across Lincolnshire and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features more dissatisfied customers, a cash boost for the county’s broadband issues, and Britain’s 4G problems.
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1 April 2011Telecoms regulator Ofcom acted to reduce the wholesale price of broadband, in a move that could see home telephone and broadband prices drop.
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25 March 2011The government announced in the Budget for 2011 that it will be rolling out superfast broadband across 21 urban areas.
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25 March 2011Every week we take a look at broadband developments from across Lincolnshire and the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features changes to BT's pricing, the rise of mobile broadband, and how over half a billion people are now online.
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18 March 2011Thousands of web users from across the United Kingdom have stated that they are unhappy with the current Broadband service they receive, according to recent interviews carried out by specialist consumer advice website Broadbandchoices.co.uk.
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18 March 2011Each week we look at various broadband developments from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features faster 3G mobile broadband, fiddling with your Wi-Fi router settings and how not to throttle connection speeds.
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11 March 2011Each and every week we look at various broadband developments from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features broadband funding for Lincolnshire's villages
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11 March 2011Found the house of your dreams but the broadband connection speed is not what you had hoped for? -
4 March 2011Every week we take a look at the various broadband developments from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features word on unfair broadband advertising, how broadband contracts need to change and what changes are taking place across Lincolnshire.
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4 March 2011Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced on Friday, March 4, the opening of bidding for £50 million of funding for superfast broadband roll-out in the UK, with Lincolnshire set to benefit in the coming years.
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26 February 2011Each and every week we look at various broadband developments from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features speed problems in Virgin broadband heaven, internet piracy proposals, education on online pornography and democracy and freedom online. -
25 February 2011BT’s new fibre-optic broadband service, BT Infinity, is creating more blackspots in the country, despite these spots supposedly being enabled for it.
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19 February 2011Each and every week we will look at various broadband developments from Lincolnshire and across the UK, highlighting the most relevant stories for you. This week's round-up features a look at valued innovations, the effect a good connection can have on your property price and changes to the BBC's iPlayer service and more.
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18 February 2011Breakthroughs would also bring improvements to many industries including retail and banking, which would both benefit from faster transaction times, as the internet industry is worth an estimated £100 billion in the UK.
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11 February 2011Every week we look at the broadband developments in the UK and Lincolnshire and point you to some of the most relevant stories to you. This week we find who are the fastest and slowest broadband providers in the UK and how BT is attempting to fix flaky connections.
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11 February 2011The country’s Internet is improving, but it’s still “not ready for tomorrow” according to an annual report. The report, carried out by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and commissioned by global networking company Cisco, studied the speed and latency of Internet across the world. -
31 January 2011Thousands of households in Lincolnshire could benefit from price cuts enforced by Ofcom to BT, but experts warn that rural broadband costs might not be lowered as a result.
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31 January 2011Every week we look at the broadband developments in the UK and Lincolnshire and point you to some of the most relevant stories to you. To kick off the first edition of this news digest, we look at the developments from January, after which we will update you weekly.
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18 January 2011The government aims to make superfast broadband commonplace in the UK by 2015, adding an extra £50million to a cash pot totaling £830million for the job at hand.
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18 January 2011Despite being in a rural Internet blackspot, residents of the Lincolnshire village of Ashby have created their own fast broadband service. The villagers took things into their own hands after BT told them putting broadband lines in their community was not "economically viable".
