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Free WiFi Now LIVE in Ashby and Coalville Town Centres

7th November, 2019 (8 Comments)

A new investment by the North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) means that residents and visitors in Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch can now access a free public WiFi (wireless internet) hotspot service around the centres of both towns.

Thousands More in Leicestershire UK to Get Full Fibre Broadband

13th August, 2019 (5 Comments)

The Leicestershire County Council has today announced a £2.7 million extension to their existing Superfast Leicestershire project with Openreach (BT), which means that “thousands” of extra homes and businesses will soon gain access to a Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ISP network.

Virgin Media Extend to 26000 Premises in Burton, Dronfield and Thurmaston

28th August, 2018 (10 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media UK has announced that 26,000 premises in Burton-on-Trent (East Staffordshire), Dronfield (Derbyshire), Thurmaston (Leicestershire) will be the next to get access to their “gigabit-ready” ultrafast broadband ISP and TV network (we still don’t know when those Gigabit speed will actually arrive).

UK ISP Syscomm Launch 330Mbps G.fast for West Midlands SMEs

2nd May, 2018 (0 Comments)

Coventry-based business ISP Syscomm has today become the latest to launch a new range of 330Mbps (50Mbps upload) capable G.fast broadband packages, which will be aimed at SMEs across Coventry, Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Birmingham.

Cityfibre Unveil 1Gbps FTTP Business Network for Leicester and Nottingham

22nd August, 2017 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic (FTTP) infrastructure builder Cityfibre has today soft launched their new 1Gbps broadband and Ethernet network for SME businesses and public sector sites in the cities of Leicester and Nottingham, although local firms won’t be able to connect to the new service until this autumn.

Leicestershire Approve £5.63m Project to Extend Superfast Broadband Cover

18th July, 2017 (25 Comments)

The Leicestershire County Council appears to have moved forward with Phase 3 of their on-going Superfast Leicestershire project, which will commit up to £5.633m to extend “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) coverage to the final 3% of local premises (i.e. as many as they can reach).

BT Deal Means 300 New Homes in Market Harborough to Get FTTC Broadband

21st December, 2016 (19 Comments)

Residents of the Farndon Fields Development in Market Harborough (Leicestershire), many of whom have been forced to suffer slow ADSL2+ broadband speeds despite owning new build homes, look set to gain access to 80Mbps capable FTTC “fibre broadband” thanks to a new co-funded deal with BT.

10,000 Extra Premises in Leicester to Get BT’s Fibre Broadband

21st July, 2016 (2 Comments)

A new contract worth £5 million has been signed with Openreach (BT) to expand the operator’s roll-out of “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services, which will cover another 10,000 homes and businesses in the city of Leicester (Leicestershire, East Midlands of England) over the next 2 years.

Virgin Media’s 200Mbps Broadband to Cover 6 Big Leicestershire Villages

10th December, 2015 (18 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has announced that their £3bn “Project Lightning” network expansion will use a mix of pure “Fibre to the Home” (FTTH/P) and DOCSIS technology to bring “ultrafast” broadband speeds of up to 200Mbps to 16,000 premises across six large villages in Leicestershire (England).

Gigaclear Starts Build of 1Gbps Ultrafast Broadband in Rural Leicestershire

26th March, 2015 (0 Comments)

Pure fibre optic broadband provider Gigaclear has announced that they’ve exceeded their pre-order threshold for a group of rural villages in the Welland Valley area of Leicestershire (England), which means that they can now proceed to build their first 1000Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the county.

BT Signs Superfast Broadband Extension Contract for Leicestershire UK

13th March, 2015 (8 Comments)

The Leicestershire County Council in central England and national telecoms operator BT have today signed a £9.2 million extension of their existing Broadband Delivery UK contract, which will enabled more than 10,000 extra homes and businesses to access a “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network by the end of 2018.