Quickline Communications has donated hundreds of copies of a new children’s book to primary schools across West Yorkshire, introducing young readers to the world of broadband while reinforcing key safety messages. Commissioned by Quickline and written by author Chris Madeley, Cones and Rural Broadband is the latest in a series featuring animated traffic cones that … Read more
Exmouth’s gigabit capabilities are now at strength, with 12,000 new homes now enjoying Virgin Media’s gigabit broadband – including the blazing-fast Gig2 package that hits speeds up to 2Gbps. This upgrade comes as full fibre rollouts in the area ramp up, powered by nexfibre’s £4.5bn investment to bring FTTH to 5 million homes by 2026. … Read more
nexfibre has launched a partnership with UK Youth to offer free full fibre broadband to 1,000 youth centres across the UK, aiming to combat digital poverty. In collaboration with Virgin Media O2, these centres will gain access to up to 2Gbps broadband for two years. With nearly 570,000 young people in the UK lacking both … Read more
Quickline is excited to announce its membership in The 5% Club, reinforcing our commitment to helping young people enter the workforce. This move underscores our dedication to developing the next generation of skilled professionals through structured training and development programs. The 5% Club encourages businesses to dedicate at least 5% of their workforce to formal … Read more
GoFibre, celebrating a year of its GoFurther Fund, has awarded grants to three charities in Aberdeenshire and Angus. Each charity received £3,000 from the £50,000 fund aimed at transforming local lives through work experience opportunities, skills development, health promotion, and climate change initiatives. The Haven in Aberdeenshire, Kirrie Connections, and North East Sensory Services in … Read more
B4RN (Broadband 4 the Rural North) is continuing to extend its network in the North, focusing on more “hard-to-reach” locations and announcing further plans to expand across Northumberland and County Durham. The “Community Benefit Society” business has already connected 13,000 customers and passed over 25,000 properties. Although, compared to other “altnets,” the number of properties … Read more
Kloud9 announces another plan to connect up to 400 properties to ultrafast full fibre, in collaboration with BDUK, in a rural Shropshire village. Although the numbers seem small, Kloud9 is excelling in the rural space and collectively making significant strides in connecting the “forgotten” rural spots in the north. We wrote about Kloud9 for the … Read more
nexfibre, the giant open access (network only, with ISP’s providing internet on top) “altnet” (altnertive network to Openreach), has just unveiled its latest plans to connect over 30,000 premises in Sedgefield to their ultra fast FTTP network. This strategic investment forms part of nexfibre’s plan to extend its reach to over 40,000 premises throughout Durham … Read more
Freedom Fibre has taken a proactive step to keep Shropshire clean by distributing litter pick kits across North Shropshire. Freedom Fibre, the rapidly growing altnet, is currently in the process of rolling out its lightning-fast full-fibre broadband network to residences and businesses throughout North Shropshire. The network is pretty well known for community projects. Their … Read more
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