The organisation that represents owners of land, property and business in rural England and Wales, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), has welcomed Ofcom's review of the state of broadband in the countryside.
During a debate among MPs in the House of Commons, a clear agreement between all parties was found when discussing Openreach's quality of customer service.
Over 100 broadband masts are to be built and installed in two national parks in a bid to bring superfast internet to the rural areas. Dartmoor and Exmoor will have these poles installed, subject to planning permission, to increase access to superfast internet across the moors.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the UK's broadband infrastructure and has pledged more money to the sector if he becomes Prime Minister.
The tallest mountain in the world has faster broadband speeds than residents living in Somerset according to tests conducted over a 12 month period by cable.co.uk.
Dieter Helm, Oxford academic, is set to present evidence before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, supporting the full split of Openreach, the company that maintains and builds the network infrastructure, from BT.
According to a report released by the Institute of Directors (IoD), Britain's businesses are in danger of being left behind over broadband speeds. In the report, Ultrafast Britain, it claims the UK is struggling behind many other European countries, particularly over the laying of fibre optic cables.
BT has been told to give rival companies access to its telegraph poles and tunnels to end 'internet blackspots', a review of the state of the Broadband and telecoms market revealed.
A survey carried out by broadband comparison website ISPreview.co.uk has found 77 per cent of participants support the Government's proposals for introducing minimum broadband speeds of 10Mbps. Last year, the Government proposed plans for a new Universal Service Obligation (USO) that would ensure that every business and home would obtain the new speeds.
The regulator Ofcom will publish its review into the telecoms and broadband market next week. The review, the first in a decade, will initially look at the issue of whether BT has a monopoly over the market and will further assess whether Openreach, the company that looks after Britain's network, needs to be taken away from BT.
Cornwall is fast becoming the Silicon Valley equivalent in the UK after coming second in turnover growth in a recent report.
Hardware built and tested by researchers at the University College London (UCL) could help provide super-fast internet to homes and significantly reduce costs, a study published in the Journal of Lightwave Technology has suggested.
British researchers have developed a method of increasing broadband speeds to around 50,000 times faster than the average UK fibre connection currently allows.
Grimsby has the fastest broadband speeds in the UK, while Na h-Eileanan an Iar in the Outer Hebrides has the slowest, according to a new report by Ofcom. The Connected Nations 2015 report found Grimsby had connections averaging 46.8Mbps, while the Scottish island’s only reached around 5.6Mbps. UK-wide, the national average download speed was found to be 29.4Mbps.
The majority of UK businesses surveyed for a new report on ‘cyber resilience’ have admitted they still have a long way to go, despite the wider take up of cloud computing and the forthcoming introduction of new regulations on data protection.
Pilot projects set up to see how alternative broadband providers can bring superfast broadband to harder to reach rural areas have been hailed as a success.
Businesses are paying much cheaper prices for their cloud computing services than they were in 2014, according to new research.
The introduction of a state-owned broadband provider is among the options being considered by the Government in a new consultation on future funding for its Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme.
Many residents of newly-built homes are struggling with slow or non-existent broadband, an investigation from Cable.co.uk has revealed. The broadband advice site has received thousands of complaints from homebuyers or renters struggling to connect to the internet, despite moving into new developments.
Ofcom has launched a new code of conduct for broadband providers to ensure UK businesses receive clearer information when they sign a contract. Seven of the UK's leading business broadband providers have signed up to the new code, which calls on organisations to give customers the right to exit a contract if broadband speeds fall below the minimum guaranteed level.
Millions of British homes and businesses still face "dire" broadband speeds, MPs have warned. According to a cross-party report by the British Infrastructure Group (BIG), 5.7 million broadband customers have connections that fall below Ofcom's acceptable minimum speed of 10Mbps, with 3.5 million living in rural areas.
The idea of flexible working will become more mainstream in 2016, according to a report by global real estate company CBRE. The firm's 2015/2016 Occupier Survey, which polls real estate decision makers at 120 companies around the world, found that flexible working has become a priority area for many companies.
Pupils in British schools are being held back by slow broadband speeds, teachers have warned. Speaking to Cable.co.uk, teachers said that schools are struggling to get the superfast broadband speeds they need in the classroom, leaving students at a disadvantage.
A team from the business group Cambridge Ahead has launched a new initiative to help local businesses choose the right broadband network.
Moor Crichel has become the latest Dorset village to access superfast fibre broadband, bringing the county one step closer to its target of connecting 90,000 homes and businesses by the end of 2017. The fibre broadband cabinet was installed in the rural village in December, providing residents with speeds of up to 38Mbps in time for Christmas.
Poor broadband and mobile connectivity can have life-threatening consequences, members of the agricultural industry have warned. Farmers have said that providers should face "severe penalties" for dropped calls and offer compensation when poor connectivity affects people's livelihoods, Cable.co.uk reported.
A third of workers would take flexible working opportunities over a three per cent pay rise, a new study has found. Researchers at Investors in People (IiP) asked respondents to choose between two options: a three per cent pay rise, in line with recent UK increases; or a different non-remuneration benefit, such as flexible working, better training or a clearer progression route.
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is urging the Government to review competition in the business broadband market to ensure companies are not paying too much for their connections to the internet.
British online small businesses are optimistic about their prospects in 2016, with many hoping to expand and employ in the coming year, a new study has found.
Some businesses on the island of Skye have resorted to using post instead of internet as frustration over slow broadband speeds rises. A complete network shutdown in the north west of the island before Christmas has resulted in reduced speeds of 0.07 Mbps for downloads, making it almost impossible for some businesses to function.
The rollout of superfast broadband is critical to the UK's development, but it is just part of a wider "digital revolution", Ed Vaizey has said. Writing in a blog post, the digital minister outlined the key ingredients to the success of the country's 'digital revolution'.
More than half of homes and businesses in the South Cambridgeshire village of Whaddon have rushed to order fibre broadband within only a month of its new street cabinet going live.
More than 3.5 million homes have now been reached by the government's nationwide rollout of superfast broadband, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The progress makes the UK's broadband rollout the fastest in the world, with nine out of 10 homes and businesses now able to access superfast speeds - up from zero per cent in 2009.
Wiltshire has reached a new milestone in its bid to bring high-speed internet to everyone in the county as it celebrates the news that 70,000 homes and businesses now have access to super fast broadband after 400 live fibre broadband cabinets were installed in Wiltshire.
Farmers' leaders have urged the government to do more to improve broadband connectivity in rural areas. In an assessment of Defra’s progress published last week, the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee said the lack of action in rolling out superfast broadband to rural areas is holding back the countryside economy.
The struggle to bring superfast broadband to areas of rural Hampshire could be coming to an end as the government pledges to subsidise connections for some homes and businesses. Anyone struggling to access affordable speeds of at least 2Mbps can apply for a discount satellite package, the Hampshire Chronicle reports.
Hundreds of homes and businesses around Plymouth will still be without access to superfast broadband in two years time, MPs have claimed. According to recent data, more than one in five premises will likely be left without superfast speeds - classified as speeds of at least 24 Megabits per second (Mbps) - in at least 17 parliamentary constituencies.
Almost 20,000 premises on the Isle of Wight have benefited from a broadband rollout targeted at some of the island's most remote areas.
West Oxfordshire is to be among the first regions of the UK to have complete access to superfast broadband.
Better broadband in North Yorkshire has added £36 million to the local economy, a new survey has suggested.
Remote working is becoming increasingly prevalent within UK businesses despite the fact it can increase costs and raises security issues, research has suggested.
To help solve the broadband woes being experienced by some rural parts of the UK, the Government is going to start offering money towards satellite broadband dishes.
More than 30 suppliers have met as part of an initiative to boost broadband speeds on Britain's south coast.
With Christmas just around the corner, many business will be putting their trees and festive decorations up. However, this could have an adverse effect on their broadband speeds. According to the telecoms regulator Ofcom, the fairy lights that bring the office Christmas tree to life are also slowing down employees' Wi-Fi, should they not be using hard-line connections.
Many small businesses in the UK are still working with slower broadband speeds than are available to consumers, according to Ofcom. In its latest annual Connected Nations survey, the telecoms regulator found that just 68 per cent of SMEs have access to superfast broadband, which Ofcom defines as speeds of 30 Mbps, while 83 per cent of the UK as a whole can access these speeds.
Thousands of firms in London's financial district are relying on poor or outdated broadband, MPs have been warned.
The moon has faster broadband than some parts of rural Lincolnshire, according to a new book by QI.
The introduction of superfast broadband to wider parts of North Yorkshire will benefit the county's economy by as much as £220 million over the next two years.
MPs have made a plea to the Chancellor for him to invest in broadband as he prepares to make his Autumn Statement.
Thousands of homes and businesses in Hampshire stand to benefit from the next phase of the county's broadband rollout.
