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Photos: Broadband Britain mapped - the high-speed and the not-spots revealed

Where are the sub-2Mbps users? And which city has the highest take-up of fat pipes? Ofcom takes a look... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Universal 2Mbps Broadband Britain on ice until 2015

Can't guarantee minimum speed in time for the Olympics, says Hunt... Read more

15 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

BT speeds up its superfast broadband rollout: Britain to get fibre by 2014

Two-thirds of UK to have fibre broadband by 2014, a year earlier than planned... Read more

31 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Broadband Britain slowly switches to superfast

...UK homes, says Point Topic... Union Jack: Broadband Britain is getting faster... <a href=Read more

13 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Average broadband speeds still not half what's advertised

Broadband Britain: Ofcom lobbies for 'typical speed range' to be added to ads... Read more

2 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Mobile data squeeze, fibre rising: 2010's networks stories of the year

The changing face of mobile networks and the slow rise of superfast broadband Britain... As we prepare to bid farewell to 2010, silicon.com takes... Read more

29 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Photos: iPad accessories, Android apps for business and Sony's S1 and S2 tablets

...see more maps showing how broadband coverage differs in the UK, click Broadband Britain mapped - the high-speed and the not-spots revealed. Image: Ofcom... Read more

2 August, 2011 by silicon.com staff
Fujitsu's fibre fund needs community input

Fujitsu's fibre fund needs community input

...on the way to job done, rural problem solved in next-generation broadband Britain? Up to a point. Fujitsu was a signatory to the recent... Read more

19 April, 2011 by Malcolm Corbett

Report: UK is slowly switching to super-fast broadband

...in a statement. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Broadband Britain slowly switches to superfast on silicon.com. Get the latest technology... Read more

14 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Lasers in the (concrete) jungle somewhere

...in areas outside towns (2Mb by 2010 is a paltry target for 'broadband Britain' and even that Britain’ is likely to be delayed until 2015... Read more

26 July, 2010

Government tells ISPs to crack on with rural broadband

...the coalition government is taking on the road to a super-fast broadband Britain — and reiterated the message that it will be expecting industry to... Read more

19 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Government postpones universal broadband plan

...in London on Thursday. For more on this story, see Universal 2Mbps Broadband Britain on ice until 2015 on silicon.com Read more

16 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Superfast broadband heads for four more exchanges

...has announced it will be speeding up another four rural backwaters of Broadband Britain - by early 2012 or sooner - by rolling out access to up... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Fibre broadband: Northern Ireland's quiet connectivity revolution

...75 per cent, versus 25 per cent FTTH - one thing is clear: broadband Britain will get better over the next five years but only a... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Superfast broadband: Whitehall tells ISPs to crack the rural problem

...baby steps the coalition is taking on the road to a superfast broadband Britain - and reiterated the message that it will be expecting industry to... Read more

16 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

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