Truespeed to give 50 schools free ultrafast broadband The gigabit capable service will soon be in a variety of schools across Bath and North Somerset.

Openreach confirms new locations for Fibre First scheme 67 additional towns, cities and villages will have access to ultrafast broadband speeds in the next two years.

Virgin Media launches package for those on Universal Credit The Essential Plan will cost just £15 a month for a 15Mbps connection.

Scientists achieve new fastest broadband speed 178Tbps is fast enough to download Netflix's vast library in a split second.

Virgin Media expands gigabit footprint by another million properties The ISP has overtaken BT's Openreach to become the UK's largest ultrafast provider.

3.2 million rural premises to receive full fibre broadband BT's Openreach aim to connect up 20 million extra homes and businesses over the next decade.

Openreach suspends G.fast rollout until April 2021 They will instead focus on the deployment of gigabit capable FTTP broadband.

Swish Fibre announces new locations for fibre rollout A further 22 towns across the Home Counties will receive access to the 10Gbps capable network.

Openreach to deliver superfast broadband to extra premises in Suffolk 5,000 more homes and 550 more businesses will have access to speeds of 24Mbps and above.

CityFibre begins rollout of full fibre network in Lowestoft Residents will be able to receive speeds of up to 1Gbps upon its completion.

Average UK broadband speed rises A new report from Ofcom shows that its risen from 54.2Mbps to 64Mbps.