Average UK broadband speeds hit double figures

Residential broadband speeds more than treble in four years to 12.0Mbit/s Average residential UK broadband speeds reached 12.0Mbit/s in November 2012, Ofcom research reveals. Ofcom’s latest report into fixed-line residential broadband speeds shows that the average...

UK cities to get fast broadband cash

The government has announced how it will share the money promised to 10 UK cities to allow them to create superfast broadband networks. London gets the largest share of the £114m pot with £25m, followed by Leeds and Bradford, which will divide £14.4m. The money will...

UK internet 'to be fastest in Europe by 2015'

The UK will have the fastest broadband of any major European country by 2015, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. He reiterated that he wanted to bring high-speed broadband – which he defined as greater than 24 Megabits per second – to more than 90% of...

Lancashire agrees broadband deal

Lancashire has become the first UK county to agree a deal to roll broadband out to rural areas. It will use some government money and has partnered with BT which will also be providing funding. The government wants to improve rural broadband and councils have been...

NextGenUs rural broadband firm runs out of cash

The rural broadband firm Next Genus has signalled that it is on the brink of collapse. On its blog, the company announced that it had failed to find any “viable sources of finance” and would soon cease operations. The company tried to bring high-speed net...

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