Pupils at Hallbankgate Village School, near Brampton, are looking into the future, after giving the broadband cabinet outside their school a colourful makeover.
A high-speed fibre broadband connection is one of the key factors people consider when buying or renting a property, according to a Staffordshire estate agent.
Swansea has been announced as the latest city to benefit from Openreach’s ‘Fibre First’ programme, where fibre optic cables are laid from the exchange right to people’s front doors.
Pupils from Edenside Primary School in Kelso have been learning about technology aboard the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband Fibre Showcase. More than 36,100 premises across the Borders are now able to connect to the Digital Scotland network, which has reached Camptown for the first time, with more coverage being rolled out in places like Bonchester Bridge, Duns, West Linton and Leitholm.
An engineering firm in Kirklees, specialising in keeping the highways, traffic and transportation on the move, is experiencing life in the fast lane for itself since being upgraded to superfast broadband.
Thousands more North Tyneside homes and businesses can now access high-speed, fibre-based broadband as a direct result of the multi million pound Digital Durham programme.
A Northumberland firewood company is turning up the heat this Christmas thanks to an upgrade to superfast, fibre broadband.
Wales is in the midst of a radical technological transformation which has the potential to provide a step-change in the way we live our daily lives and boost our economy.
As a director for Openreach with responsibility for rolling-out superfast broadband across Wales, Ed Hunt takes a look at how the project is going and what we can expect next.