For broadband roll-out in remote areas of the country, Kent County Council (KCC) offers funds of £486,000, suggests a recent report. Earlier these rural areas were unable to receive the technology and with the installation of advanced equipment, more than 6,800 customers could enjoy broadband connection. With the availability of faster broadband connection, customers of [...]

The time period for attaining 2Mbps universal broadband is revealed by the government and the target will not be accomplished before 2015. Labour government had originally proposed the 2Mbps universal service policy. Last month, Jeremy Hunt, coalition’s secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport announced the support of the new government for this [...]

Many broadband providers aim at offering broadband access to the remote areas. Recently, a broadband provider Vtesse has revealed its plan to offer super-fast broadband to a new rural community. Vtesse Broadband, Vtesse Network’s newly launched broadband has announced to deliver broadband access to rural hamlet of Broughton close by Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. By offering [...]

The launch of HYLAS 1 the first of its kind next generation Broadband Satellite, which offers up to 8Mbps internet download speeds to anyone across the UK at £25 a month is delayed by 6 weeks from its previous late-September 2010 launch, reveals the Satellite ISP Avanti Communications. With the situation out of control, Avanti [...]

According to a recent survey, 61.8% of customers across the UK support the next generation super fast broadband roll-outs in the rural areas first, whereas 38.1% supported urban areas first solution. Most of the users realize the significance of utilizing public money to provide superfast broadband internet services in rural areas. These rural areas that [...]