Madingley exchange
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Super Fast Broadband in slow going
Yesterday, the Madingley Exchange Race To Infinity Team received the latest update from BT, relating to the progress of the target dates for super fast broad band (SFBB). The statement reads, “Thank you for forwarding the comments from your campaign team, I understand their frustration and I am happy to confirm that we have not […]
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 […]