Bid for faster broadband in Oxford (From The Oxford Times)
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Bid for faster broadband in Oxford
9:50am Saturday 5th May 2012 in Oxford
Oxford is one of 27 cities throughout the UK in the running to become ‘super-connected’, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
The cities are able to bid for a share of a £50m pot to help them roll out ultrafast broadband, in a bid to drive growth and attract new investment.
To be able to bid for the fund cities must have a Royal Charter and more than 45,000 homes and businesses, or more than 35,000 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland.
Comments(7)
Andrew:Oxford
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10:37am Sat 5 May 12
Try bringing the whole of Oxford up to a "normal" speed for civilised country first.
SNJ
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10:42am Sat 5 May 12
Andrew:Oxford
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2:00pm Sat 5 May 12
SNJ wrote:You'll pay extra for it.
Can anyone explain how this works? Will it be a new service, or will it mean an improvement to the existing services?
LORD PETER MACVEY 0X2 6EG
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3:28am Sun 6 May 12
SNJ
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7:09am Sun 6 May 12
LORD PETER MACVEY 0X2 6EG
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7:33pm Sun 6 May 12
SNJ wrote:The only bad side to Virgin is the peak time slow down, but even then it rarely drops below 15 meg.
I agree with Lord Macvey for once. I have VirginMedia and it is incredibly fast, and I understand that BT was upgraded last year: so I don't see how it could it be made better. I certainly won't be paying for it.
narkybadgers says...
10:19am Sat 5 May 12