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BT Launch Race to Infinity - yes, Rural Fibre has really become a lottery.

Now for anyone who hasn't yet got a decent ADSL Broadband connection, you be glad to know (or maybe not) that if you... Read more

4 October, 2010

Broadband town will be blank slate

After announcing that it is providing the money to broadband-enable Buckfastleigh -- a small Devon town on the border of Dartmoor National Park -- the... Read more

20 March, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Community broadband gets royal approval

...royal thumbs-up on Monday, when the Duke of Kent visited the Buckfastleigh Broadband Community Network in Devon. Buckfastleigh is the site of one of... Read more

20 October, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Agenda set for rural broadband push

...broadband groups that will be represented at the conference include Edenfaster and Buckfastleigh Broadband -- both examples of how grass roots activism can succeed where telcos... Read more

6 June, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

News Schmooze: The end of the merger marathon

HP and Compaq voted, Google bowed to cult pressure, and Eidos revealed the new - Goth - Lara Croft Read more

22 March, 2002 by ZDNet UK

Government to fund broadband town

...regional broadband initiatives. This will include the creation a broadband-enabled town -- Buckfastleigh, in Devon -- where key public services such the local school, hospital, town... Read more

19 March, 2002 by Graeme Wearden
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (ebook) 1.0

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (ebook) 1.0

...the Baskerville legend. His tomb can be seen in a town called Buckfastleigh.Squire Richard Cabell lived during the 1600's and was the local... Read more

1 February, 2010

Broadband Britain's millions: where the money will be spent

...Midlands, and reduced-price connections for some users in the South-East. Buckfastleigh, the Devon town famous for the Buckfast fortified wine, will become a... Read more

19 March, 2002 by Ben King

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