Tag: Fibre Optic
INTERVIEW: Radio's Colin Murray on digital music, football streaming with BT Infinity and his love of Super Mario
Colin Murray, radio DJ, sports pundit on the airwaves and TV and generally-all-round-nice-bloke has partnered up with BT to help them promote their growing BT Infinity super-fast broadband network. He's created an online guide on how to get the…
Google send 1GB/sec internet down the Yellow Brick road to Kansas City
Think your Virgin Meda or BT fibre optic connection was fast? Think again; Google have officially confirmed Kansas City as the first town to get their 1GB/sec Google Fiber network. "After a careful review, today we're happy to announce…
Virgin Media 100 Mbps broadband extends to 150,000 more homes
Superfast 100 Mbps broadband has hit 150,000 new homes thanks to Virgin Media. Residents of Hatfield, Cheshunt, Treforest, Pentwyn and Southport will now have access to the fibre optic network. "From establishing the UK's first ever broadband service to the…
100Mbps broadband service now available from Virgin
Virgin have begun rolling out their super-fast 100Mbps broadband service to select areas of the UK. The first areas connected to the network will be Hackmondike, Farnborough, Colchester and Barry in South Wales, with the network set to expand over…
Want fibre broadband in your area? Then get voting!
Hoping to see your broadband exchange get upgraded to a fibre-optic service? Well you may be able to fast-track the process thanks to Eclipse Internet. They've been given the opportunity by BT to nominate 5 exchanges to get a super-fast…
Surf's up in Cornwall as BT announce fibre-optic broadband plans
The county of Cornwall are set to get a broadband infrastructure boost, as BT outline plans to roll out their fibre-optic network to the area. 90% of Cornish homes will be able to get high-speed connections by the end…
Virgin Media broadband service gets a speed boost
If you're a Virgin Media broadband subscriber, you'll soon be able to enjoy the befits of a free service upgrade that will give a boost to your upload speeds. Subscribers to Virgin Media's 10MB, up to 20MB and 50MB packages…
UK super-fast broadband tax scrapped at the last minute
The controversial £6 per year super-fast broadband tax has been dropped as the government races to push through key legislation before Parliament is dissolved next week. The tax on all households with a land-line was to raise £170 million a…
Virgin Media aiming to launch 100 Mbps broadband service in the UK
Virgin Media are setting in motion plans to roll out a 100Mbps broadband service across the UK. Beginning with 50Mbps trails in the Berkshire village of Woolhampton, as many as one million homes could be set to benefit from the…
Tories plan super-fast broadband network by 2017
The Conservative party have vowed to deliver a super-fast broadband network to UK homes by 2017. Is this a case of pre-election carrot-dangling or do the Tories have some concrete plans up their sleeves? The Tories plan to end BT's…
