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Faster internet for 39,000 homes

10:58am Thursday 26th January 2012 in Harrogate and Ripon news

Nearly 39,000 more homes and businesses in North and East Yorkshire now have access to faster broadband, BT has announced.

Haxby, Stamford Bridge, Pickering, Filey, Ripon, Tadcaster and Bedale are the latest communities to get BT’s next generation broadband service.

It is already available in more than 20 locations including York, Harrogate, Northallerton, Scarborough and Selby.

John Anderson, BT’s regional director for Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “In these challenging economic times, faster broadband can help businesses become more competitive, find new customers and work more flexibly as well as greatly improving the online services available to families, homeworkers and other internet users.”

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akuma says...
11:26am Thu 26 Jan 12

John Anderson, BT’s regional director for Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “In these challenging economic times, faster broadband can help businesses become more competitive


But still they are not installing it at Clitfon Moor, the place with the second highest concentration of businesses in York after the City Centre, why?????

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myselby says...
12:01pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Broadband for Tadcaster Sam Smiths wont like that ! sounds a bit like progress if you ask me !

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myselby says...
12:01pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Broadband for Tadcaster Sam Smiths wont like that ! sounds a bit like progress if you ask me !

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NickPheas says...
1:37pm Thu 26 Jan 12

No sign of installing it in my bit of Heworth either. About ten years ago fibre got laid about 200 yards away, but none of the people running the network have laid an inch since as far as I can tell.

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Ordinary says...
2:05pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Good news! Be even better when they roll out faster broadband to smaller communities. Or even broadband at all...

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You're_all_idiots says...
3:00pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Its also lacking in certain areas around foss islands road & walmgate. The exchange shows as being enabled but cabling hasn't been run into all properties. Doesn't seem to matter who you ask you don't get any information about when these blank spots will be filled!!

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Brizo J says...
5:31pm Thu 26 Jan 12

also not available at present in Acomb.

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BigJon says...
5:36pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Why is everyone saying about cabling not being run to properties? The fibre cabling that was laid a few years ago is for the Virgin network (what was Cable & Wireless) As far as I was aware the speed update mentioned in the article (BT Infinity) is all at the exchange level then uses the normal phone cables. If you're on the normal BT broadband then you won't automatically get any upgrade unless you switch to the faster service. as to the person in Heworth, and possibly the Foss Islands/Walmgate areas, you may be served by the Melrosegate exchange, as I am, which is due to be upgraded later this year according to the BT website

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JorvikUK says...
6:51pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Any chance of an upgrade to Acomb? Believe it or not that's where Poppleton gets it's copper cable connection from!

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Charles2012 says...
8:13pm Thu 26 Jan 12

JorvickUK is correct. Acomb BT Exchange, nearly 3 miles distant from Poppleton, can only provide a maximum 1mb speed to Poppleton. BT should stop bragging and actually provide the service they talk so much about.

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pjfair says...
9:15pm Thu 26 Jan 12

You are a moaning bunch. I must say I got BT Infinity and it's mint

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pjfair says...
9:16pm Thu 26 Jan 12

Shitthat loaded fast

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NoMorePlease says...
11:33pm Thu 26 Jan 12

pjfair wrote:
You are a moaning bunch. I must say I got BT Infinity and it's mint
Buzz is waiting for infinity and beyond

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the butler says...
2:53am Fri 27 Jan 12

At what cost to the user will this upgrade be?

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rubble13 says...
6:05am Fri 27 Jan 12

how come all these out lying places get the service,yet in bishopthorpe i get .8mb all the time ,no more,and only 1 mile from the exchange?

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C3PO=PCSO says...
6:12pm Fri 27 Jan 12

Most of the copper cable previously laid has been nicked by the non-fee paying members of the caravan club

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