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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 […]
Better broadband on its way to South Cambridgeshire
At the Broadband Champions Event in April, the Connecting Cambridgshire project team indicated that we should expect to hear more in May about when the first phases of the roll-out plan would be announced. On the very last day of May, it happened … with a caveat that “there is still a lot of […]
Superfast broadband rollout in Caldecote hits brick wall
The rollout of superfast broadband to Caldecote resumed in early April, having stalled for several months. Half the village is now able to order the service. Unfortunately, the rollout now seems to have hit a brick wall as the other half of the village is still in superfast broadband darkness ! Annette Thorpe, the […]
BT Infinity Superfast broadband rollout in Caldecote restarts
After my previous post on how the rollout of BT Infinity to Caldecote ground to a halt, I am pleased to be able to say that planned but massively delayed rollout is now on the move again. Hurrah! BT released more fibre capacity in the village during the week beginning 8th April 2013, and […]
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 gift for christmas or not?
Its that time of year when we give and receive gifts as we celebrate Christmas. If there’s one gift that a lot of Caldecote residents that I’ve spoken to would like, it is superfast broadband. Whilst I cannot promise that BT Santa would deliver, I can give you some update on the progress of rollout […]
The Broadband Super highway finally reaches Caldecote
OK, I know it has been a long time coming. I have had no end of questions, emails, chats with people at events, on pathways, cycleways etc. all asking the same thing “when are we getting the broadband we were promised”. Well, I can now answer that question with some degree of certainty. […]
Connecting Cambridgeshire by Faster Broadband
A county-wide broadband campaign to Get Cambridgeshire Connected has been launched through the Connecting Cambridgeshire website at www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk . This project has been set up by the County council in a bid to get broadband services to all parts of the county that BT did not consider viable. The plan is to provide access […]