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Google to build fibre networks in the UK

bealtine · 2014-07-18 07:38:44

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/10974605/Google-aimed-to-build-ultrafast-broadband-in-Britain.html "Google is exploring building ultrafast fibre optic networks in British cities, in a move that would add to pressure on BT to further upgrade its ageing infrastructure. It…

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/10974605/Google-aimed-to-build-ultrafast-broadband-in-Britain.html

"Google is exploring building ultrafast fibre optic networks in British cities, in a move that would add to pressure on BT to further upgrade its ageing infrastructure.
It is understood that web giant has held detailed talks with a recently listed British company called CityFibre, with a view to extending its Google Fiber project outside the US for the first time.
The discussions broke down amid concerns from CityFibre that an existing partnership with BSkyB would be threatened. BSkyB and TalkTalk are funding a pilot fibre-optic network rollout in to 20,000 homes and businesses in York."

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