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Around 30 premises in Northleigh already have connections to full fibre broadband, delivered by Openreach,

POOR internet connectivity has become a thing of the past for a retired BA pilot thanks to an ultrafast full fibre broadband rollout across South…

POOR internet connectivity has become a thing of the past for a retired BA pilot thanks to an ultrafast full fibre broadband rollout across South…

POOR internet connectivity has become a thing of the past for a retired BA pilot thanks to an ultrafast full fibre broadband rollout across South…

North Devon MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Broadband and Digital Connectivity Selaine Saxby has welcomed a new round of investment...

Openreach have announced plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to at least three million more homes and businesses across the UK...

Published: 9:29 AM April 27, 2021    Selaine Saxby MP, splicing the final fibre connecting Lynton to Lynmouth via the iconic funicular railway - Credit: David Hoare The pandemic has further highlighted how important broadband or a good digital connection is in North Devon.  Long before Covid, Selaine Saxby MP met with Clive Selley, CEO of Openreach, to work on a plan for further help in North Devon, above and beyond what had already been proposed and achieved by Connecting Devon and Somerset...

Wessex Internet has grown rapidly during a four-year move to offering superfast, full-fibre internet. It was founded by James Gibson Fleming and Matthew Skipsey on the Ranston Estate at Blandford more than a decade ago and previously focused on wireless connections, serving rural areas considered unviable by other providers. The business now employs 81 people at the estate, 100 per cent up on last year. Managing director Hector Gibson Fleming said: “Our focus is to expand our fantasti...

Three companies have been selected to roll-out full fibre broadband networks on behalf of the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, backed by...

Picture: Getty Images - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Three companies have been selected to roll-out full fibre broadband networks on behalf of the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, backed by Government funding.  Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet will be installing full fibre broadband across Devon, including large parts of East Devon, and Somerset to more than 56,000 rural homes and businesses over the next four years.  The combined public and private sector investmen...