Ludlow is to be upgraded over the next couple of years to Fibre to the Premises (FTTP). That replaces the copper cable between the green cabinet and your house or business (FFTC) with fibre all the way. That will increase potential broadband speeds from 30Mb to 40Mb to up to 1Gb. The entire town should […]
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At last hope for truly superfast rural broadband as council announces Airband contract
Earlier today, Shropshire Council announced that it is to take a different approach to getting decent broadband to rural premises. It will be using the high-speed wireless technology provided by Airband, a Worcester based company that is already delivering to many areas in Wales and the Marches. The £11.2 million contract is long overdue and […]
Shropshire is well behind in broadband rollout – we can’t continue to be a #broadbad county
We can no longer use the excuse that it is difficult to install broadband across Shropshire because we are a rural county. Most rural areas are doing much better than we are. It is the failure of Shropshire Council to invest in broadband that lies at the heart of the problem. A few weeks back, […]
Superfast broadband coming to Bromfield, Ludlow – but not much of it
Shropshire Council today announced that superfast broadband will reach more villages and rural hamlets in Shropshire. That’s very good news, but it’s a partial picture. This is the picture for Bromfield that’s given by the council’s Connecting Shropshire project: This map shows Bromfield parish as having superfast broadband available from spring 2015. That’s not quite […]