Two campaigns launched this week aim to assess broadband availability in rural Northumberland. Anne-Marie Trevelyan has launched Broadband 4 Northumberland in a bid to gather data about existing services and identify future needs. “We need to gather the personal and business issues and impact of poor broadband services on communities in Northumberland,” said Ms Trevelyan. [...]

Comment, Enterprise, North East, Technology | Anne-Marie Travelyan, BDUK, Broadband 4 Northumberland, Rural Broadband

I attended a dinner at Linden Hall near Morpeth last week hosted by BT, Northumberland County Council, the North East Chamber of Commerce, and the Countryside Land Association to discuss the roll out of superfast broadband in Northumberland. The Government’s ambition is that the UK should have the best broadband network in Europe by 2015, [...]

Admiral News, Comment, Enterprise, North East, Social media, Technology | BDUK, Northumberland, Superfast broadband