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		<title>Rural Broadband Funding Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rural communities across the Highlands are being encouraged to put forward bids for a share of million Euro fund that could bring enhanced Broadband to their area including improved coverage and faster connections. Following an announcement last week by the Scottish Government that funding was now available, The Highland Leader Programme  is encouraging interested communities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/news/rural-broadband-funding-available/</link>
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		<title>C&amp;W Enable Exchanges</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/industry/cw-enable-exchanges/</link>
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		<title>Pathfinder North Rollout Completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The rollout of the £70m high-speed Pathfinder North network across the Scottish Highlands and Islands was completed today (Monday 21st December 2009). Cromarty Primary School in the Highland Council area was the last of 800 sites to be connected, along with Shapinsay Primary School which also signaled the completion of the project in Orkney. Pathfinder [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/news/pathfinder-north-rollout-completed/</link>
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		<title>Moray Council All Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crossroads Primary School in Moray, completes the implementation phase of Pathfinder North for Moray Council. The school was connected today (Friday 18th December 2009).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/news/moray-council-all-live/</link>
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		<title>Shetland Fully Connected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next area to be fully connected on the Pathfinder North network is Shetland Islands Council, with Cunningsburgh Primary School being the last site to be made live today (Friday 18 December 2009). This completes the rollout of the 75 sites on Shetland.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/news/shetland-fully-connected/</link>
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		<title>Argyll and Bute Connected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Argyll and Bute has become the first Council area to be fully connected under an innovative high speed broadband initiative. The £70million Pathfinder North scheme, which began in May 2007 and is part-funded by the Scottish Government, aims to implement a future-proof broadband network, provided by Cable&#38;Wireless business THUS, across five Highlands and Islands local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/news/argyll-and-bute-connected/</link>
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		<title>£3m Upgrade for Exchanges</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/industry/3m-upgrade-for-exchanges/</link>
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		<title>New Africa Broadband &#8216;Ready&#8217;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/industry/new-africa-broadband-ready/</link>
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		<title>700+ Sites Connected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below 100, and progress in connecting the final few sites in the Pathfinder North rollout continues. Rosehall Primary in the Highland Council area was our 700th connected site in the broadband rollout across the Highlands and Islands.  The network is now 88% complete. As of 15 September 2009, 702 sites have been connected, leaving 99 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/news/700-sites-connected/</link>
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		<title>Pilot Takes Broadband Further</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/industry/pilot-takes-broadband-further/</link>
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