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Superfast Broadband Finally Arrives in Caldecote
It has been a long time coming …. and now I am pleased to say that superfast broadband has now reached parts of Highfields Caldecote where it previously seemed to have missed or been witheld! BT eventually got its act together following the visit to Caldecote by Mr Mike Galvin, Managing Director Network Investment, BT […]
BT abandons Race to Infinity Winners
As many people know, Madingley exchange which serves the villages of Caldecote, Childerley, Hardwick, Coton and Madingley was one of 10 exchanges that won the BT Race to Infinity. The prize was the upgrade of those exchanges to provide superfast broadband to the communities they served. Needless to say, the prize still seems to […]
Infinite Wait for BT Infinity for Madingley Exchange Communities
Sometimes, getting stuff done requires taking unusual steps …. @councillortumi making her point @cambourneparish #gettingstuffdone for her community! twitter.com/claytonhudson/… — Clayton Hudson (@claytonhudson) April 2, 2013 Following on from my previous post explaining how the BT rollout of superfast broadband had halted for Madingley Exchange, I attended the Cambourne Parish Council meeting on the […]
BT Race to Infinity shudders to a halt in Madingley
In October 2010, BT announced the Race To Infinity which offered the winning exchanges an upgrade for superfast broadband. A number of residents from all the villages served by Madingley Exchange got together to form the team that helped campaign and saw Madingley be selected as one of 6 winning exchanges to win the […]
Superfast Broadband Coming to Caldecote
“When are we getting superfast broadband in Caldecote?” is a question I have been asked quite often lately. And with good reason. After all, it was over a year ago now that Madingley Exchange became one of the six winners of the BT Race to Infinity, for the prize of an upgrade to the exchange […]
Madingley Exchange to get super fast broadband to the premises
BT Openreach yesterday confirmed that Madingley Exchange is in the next phase of its roll-out of super-fast fibre broadband services, as it unveiled a 156 strong list of more exchanges to be upgraded. The new locations announced include the 10 exchange areas that won the recent BT Race to Infinity competition, where members of the […]
BT Announces the Winners of the Race to Infinity
The telecom giant BT Retail has announced six towns in the UK as winners in the recently concluded Race to Infinity campaign. . The three-month competition which started on 4th October 2010, is intended to bring superfast broadband to the rural areas of the UK that have shown the highest demand. . The competition winners […]
Do you want Superfast Broadband for Caldecote?
If your answer is YES, then please read on. Even if you don’t want it for yourself, please consider reading on anyway, as your contribution will help your community. At the moment, anyone using internet in Caldecote knows that the speed is slow, and service is “not brilliant”, and that is being polite! We are […]