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		<title>C&amp;W Enable Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cable and Wireless are going to enable an additional 256 exchanges for their ADSL2+ Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) service which will provide an up to 24Mbps service to individuals and businesses, which will include exchanges that are within the Pathfinder area and will be enabled from May 2010. The exchanges in the Pathfinder area included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>£3m Upgrade for Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small BT telephone exchanges serving remote and rural areas in Scotland are to get a £3m upgrade to increase access to broadband. The telecommunications giant is in talks with the Scottish government to select about 50 sites for improvement. Finance Secretary John Swinney said the plan recognised the frustration of some communities that faster internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Africa Broadband &#8216;Ready&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new high-speed undersea cable connecting East Africa with the rest of the world is poised to go live, Kenya&#8217;s top internet official has told the BBC. The launch of the government-backed East African Marine System (Teams) comes as providers face a backlash over slow connection speeds and high prices. Internet providers have increased speeds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot Takes Broadband Further</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Openreach today announced a pilot of its Broadband Enabling Technology (BET), a new fixed-line solution for delivering broadband over much longer distances. The technology could play a major role in delivering broadband to current “not spots” – i.e. homes that are currently too far away from their local exchange to receive a broadband service – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Broadband Speeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament’s Business and Enterprise Committee has announced an inquiry into broadband speeds in the UK.  The committee will specifically look at : • Whether the target for universal access to broadband at a speed of 2Mb/s by 2012 is ambitious enough? • Is the Government right to propose a levy on copper lines to fund next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Areas Need Fast Broadband</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action needs to be taken to ensure that those living in rural areas of the UK are not left in the broadband slow lane, a report has warned. The report, from the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC), makes a series of recommendations to ensure that rural homes can keep pace with urban areas. It calls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax To Pay For Fast Net Access</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a &#8220;small levy&#8221; of 50p per month to pay for faster net access. The national fund created by the levy will be used to ensure most Britons get access to future net technologies. The proposal is part of the Digital Britain report outlined by Culture Secretary Ben [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tale Of Two Broadband Villages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 21:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cumbria is a microcosm of counties across the UK, many of which still have some &#8220;notspot&#8221; areas &#8211; defined as places that have no or below two megabits per second broadband. Lindsey Annison has been campaigning for faster online connections for her rural community in Cumbria for over 20 years. She is one of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight On For Better Broadband</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 21:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While some have welcomed the government&#8217;s pledge to provide a minimum broadband speed of 2Mbps to every home in the UK by 2012 others think it will be an extremely challenging task, and insufficient to meet future needs. The government has defended itself saying that the 2Mbps speed is just a baseline and will form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light My Fibre</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 21:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the UK moves towards super-fast broadband the divide between the broadband haves and have-nots is likely to get wider. The government estimates that some 30% of the country will not be covered by BT and Virgin Media&#8217;s super-fast broadband plans &#8211; offering speeds of up to 100Mbps (megabits per second). It could see a [...]]]></description>
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