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	<title>Pathfinder North</title>
	<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk</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 North was [...]]]></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).
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		<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.
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		<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 [...]]]></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 services were [...]]]></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 and lowered [...]]]></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 to be [...]]]></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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		<title>UK Broadband Speeds</title>
		<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 generation access?
• [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/industry/uk-broadband-speeds/</link>
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		<title>Rural Areas Need Fast Broadband</title>
		<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 for more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathfindernorth.co.uk/industry/rural-areas-need-fast-broadband/</link>
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