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...

£363 million to 'take broadband to all' in England and Scotland

As part of the Government’s £530 million investment in the UK’s broadband network, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today announced how much money has been allocated to each English county (PDF 153Kb) and to Scotland. English counties are set to receive £294.8 million,...

UK rural broadband plans move on

Homes in Devon, Somerset, Norfolk and Wiltshire will get super-fast broadband, the government has said. Making sure rural areas have fast net services is part of a wider drive to make the UK the best place for broadband by 2015. Each county will receive a portion of...

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