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Work is taking place in Weymouth AN underground cable network in Weymouth is being upgraded as part of a multi-million pound project to help HM Coastguard save lives at sea and on the Dorset coast. Work is under way to replace old copper-based cables with fibre-based technology across 165 remote radio sites across the United Kingdom - including Weymouth. Each radio site receives distress calls from UK waters and the replacement technology will bring improvements such as security and bandwidth. The new fibre-based hybrid network will also make sure HM Coastguard can continue to communi...

Technology drives forward new network for search and rescue State-of-the-art technology is bringing a new edge to the search and rescue work of HM Coastguard. From: 17 December 2020 Old copper-based cables are being replaced with fibre-based technology across 165 remote radio sites across the United Kingdom, starting with Weymouth on Wednesday 16 December. Each radio site receives distress calls from UK waters and the replacement technology will bring improvements such as security and bandwidth. Damien Oliver, Commercial and Programmes Director for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said...