Articles tagged with 'east midlands' | Openreach

Nine Lincolnshire villages risk missing out on a full fibre broadband upgrade, as not enough people have pledged free government vouchers.Openreach is working with communities across the county, encouraging them to use free vouchers to help with the ...

10 Leicestershire villages risk missing out on a full fibre broadband upgrade, as not enough people have pledged free government vouchers.Openreach is working with communities across the county, encouraging them to use free vouchers to help with the ...

Communities across Melton, Charnwood and Harborough (in Leicestershire) are being urged to pledge support for ultrafast broadband to boost connections to their homes and businesses.  Leicestershire County Council is encouraging people from around 25 ...

People living in and around Chinley, Derbyshire, now have some of the fastest and most reliable broadband available in the UK.Around 20 properties from harder to reach parts of Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside – a mix of farms, cottages, and a popular...

Openreach engineers volunteered their time recently to transform two overgrown footpaths in popular Humberstone Park in Leicester.The team of around 20, who’re already working in the area building Openreach’s new full fibre network, helped cut back o...

Openreach is urging residents in Honington (Lincolnshire) and surrounding villages to get behind a bid to bring ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband to local homes and businesses.The company is warning that the communities risk missing out ...

Openreach is urging residents in Mareham-le-Fen, Lincolnshire, to get behind a bid to bring ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband to local homes and businesses.The company is warning that the community risks missing out on a once-in-a-lifeti...

Openreach is urging residents in Dowsby, Lincolnshire, to get behind a bid to bring ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband to local homes and businesses.The company is warning that the community risks missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime full ...

Openreach is urging residents in 20 Leicestershire villages to get behind a bid to bring full fibre broadband to their homes and businesses.People living and working in places like Burrough on the Hill, Knipton, Rearsby, Rotherby, Scalford, Somerby a...

Green-fingered Openreach engineers volunteered their time recently to transform a much-loved community garden in Shipley, Derbyshire.The team of 13, who’re already working in the area building Openreach’s new full fibre network, helped with a number ...

Openreach is urging residents in North Kelsey, Lincolnshire, to get behind a bid to bring ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband to local homes and businesses.The company is warning that the community risks missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime...

Openreach engineers have joined forces with The Sherwood Forest Trust as they swapped their usual fibre broadband tools for shovels and spades.More than a dozen engineers volunteered to plant more than 700 trees in Maun Valley Park, near Mansfield, w...

More than 900 homes and businesses in Ketton, near Stamford, can order some of the fastest, most reliable broadband anywhere in the UK.Full Fibre is now available to people living and working in the Rutland village, meaning slow speeds and buffering ...

MP Ben Bradley has visited Openreach engineers as they start building a new Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband network across Mansfield.With the town set to experience lightning-fast internet speeds, the MP took the opportunity to see first-hand how Open...

People living and working in Brinsley, Eastwood, Heanor, Langley Mill and Underwood, are being urged to check if they can upgrade to full fibre broadband.Openreach’s full fibre build brings greater reliability and faster speeds, and has now reached m...

More than 25 homes in the Nottinghamshire village of Alverton are enjoying a huge boost to the reliability and speed of their broadband, thanks to a determined campaign by local resident, Phil Worville.Frustrated with slow speeds and an unreliable wi...

A heating company employing around a dozen people in a Lincolnshire village can stay local for many years to come, thanks to Openreach’s full fibre broadband build.Radiant Heating Solutions, based in Marston near Grantham, had been considering whethe...

Openreach, the UK’s largest phone and broadband network, is busy preparing for extreme winter weather and has some useful advice for homes and businesses across the East Midlands.The company, which builds and maintains the UK’s largest phone and broa...

More than 30,000 homes and businesses across Leicestershire can now order some of the fastest, most reliable broadband in Europe thanks to a £9 million investment by Openreach. But there are also concerns that thousands of residents and businesses co...

Bolsover MP Mark Fletcher has visited Openreach engineers to witness first-hand the innovative engineering techniques used to deliver Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across his Bolsover constituency.He was given a tour of the work, which has already r...

Bosworth MP Dr Luke Evans has visited Openreach engineers to witness first-hand the innovative engineering techniques being used to deliver Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across his constituency.He was given a tour of the work, which is making faster...

Following a spate of cable thefts across Rutland, Openreach is asking rural communities to be on the lookout for suspicious activity around its broadband network.During the past few months, the phone and broadband network has been targeted by crimina...

Following a spate of cable thefts across Cambridgeshire, Openreach is asking rural communities to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity around its broadband network.Since the start of the year, the Openreach network has been targeted by crimi...

Openreach today announced it will create and fill more than 160 more jobs across the East Midlands during 2022 – including around 145 apprenticeships – as it continues to invest billions of pounds into its UK broadband network, people and training.Th...

More than 131,000 more homes and businesses across the East Midlands are set to benefit from a major broadband boost thanks to a £39m[1] investment by Openreach – the UK’s largest digital network provider, used by the likes of BT, Sky, TalkTalk and V...

To mark National Tree Planting Week (November 27, 2021 - December 5, 2021) Openreach and Ground Control have created ‘Open Wood’ at Old Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, with 3,339 young trees planted by Openreach engineers and Ground Control, alongside v...

Openreach is seeing a positive change in the number of female recruits joining the company across the East Midlands.It’s after the UK’s largest broadband network - used by customers of hundreds of companies including BT, Sky, Plusnet, TalkTalk and Ze...

90,000 more homes and businesses across the East Midlands are a step closer to a major broadband boost thanks to a £31m[1] investment by Openreach – the UK’s largest digital network provider, used by more than 660 service providers including the like...

Gedling MP Tom Randall has visited Openreach engineers to witness first-hand the innovative engineering techniques used to deliver Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband across his Nottingham constituency.He was given a socially-distanced tour of the work, w...

Openreach today outlined plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to at least three million more homes and businesses – including around 275,000 in the East Midlands - in some of the UK’s hardest to serve communities[1].  It mean...