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The state aid supported £45 million Connecting Cambridgeshire scheme, which aims to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC and FTTP) services available to 90% of premises in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (England) by the end of 2015, has revealed preliminary coverage details for phase one of its roll-out.
The £41m state aid supported Better Broadband for Norfolk programme, which is working with BT to help make superfast fibre broadband (FTTC and FTTP) services reach “more than” 80% of local premises by autumn 2015, has announced the first locations to be upgraded.
The latest monthly ISPreview.co.uk poll of 757 visitors to our website has revealed that only a quarter (26%) of respondents expect future 5G based Mobile Broadband connections to replace traditional fixed line ISPs, with concerns over limited usage allowances, price and speed being the key obstacles.
People who are out of work or currently taking one of the other qualifying state benefits (e.g. Housing Benefit) can now get a cheap computer from just £24 alongside broadband thanks to a new special offer from the Get Online @ Home scheme.
Sky Broadband (BSkyB) is reportedly ready to slash the price of its internet, phone and TV bundles as part of an effort to counter the launch of BT’s Sport service (here), which effectively bundled free access to live weekly matches from the Barclays Premier League (Football) and Rugby alongside its broadband products.
The Post Office has today launched its new GET CONNECTED to the Internet campaign, which aims to help the 16 million people in the United Kingdom who have either never used the internet or have limited skills and knowledge (the ONS puts this figure at just 7.1 million adults).