Openreach
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Openreach ordered to speed up repairs and installations
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BT’s network division, Openreach, will have to speed up repairs and installations under new rules proposed by telecom regulator Ofcom.
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Openreach to recruit 1,600 new engineers
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Phone and broadband customers should find themselves waiting less time for services to be fixed or installed after Openreach announced plans to recruit 1,600 new engineers.
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BT signs up 170,000 new broadband users in first three months of 2014
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BT’s consumer division took almost 80% of new ADSL and Fibre broadband connections in the first three months of the year.
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Ofcom study suggests Virgin Media broadband users more likely to suffer peak time slowing
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New research from Ofcom suggests households with super-fast broadband packages from BT, Sky and other Openreach network resellers are less likely to suffer from peak time slow speeds than Virgin Media customers.
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TalkTalk and Sky partner to bring 1000Mbps broadband to City of York
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Sky and TalkTalk have announced a new partnership to deliver ultra-fast broadband services in the City of York and promise speeds of up to 1000 Mbps to homes and businesses.
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BT to connect 400,000 additional premises to fibre broadband network
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BT says it is to connect a further 400,000 premises to its super-fast fibre broadband network over the next three years. The firm’s Openreach division, which maintains and operates the network and leases capacity to BT Retail and rivals including Sky and TalkTalk, will spend £50 million on the roll-out.