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Full Fibre is available in Blyth.

Thousands in Blyth yet to benefit from major broadband upgrade

Full Fibre is available in Ashington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.

Thousands in Ashington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea yet to benefit from major broadb...

Full Fibre is available in Alnwick.

Thousands in Alnwick yet to benefit from major broadband upgrade

Full Fibre broadband is available in Morpeth.

Thousands in Morpeth yet to benefit from major broadband upgrade

Properties in Northumberland can upgrade to Full Fibre.

Broadband boost for thousands of rural Northumberland homes

Openreach has named 94 more UK areas where traditional copper broadband and landline services will be phased out (Photo: Pexels)

The 94 areas where 'traditional' broadband services will stop working

People in Northumberland have been switching to Full Fibre.

Northumberland hungry for Full Fibre broadband benefits

(Photo: Pexels)

Full list of new Openreach exchange areas - what it means for bills

Full Fibre connection now available across North Tyneside.

"Our investment across North Tyneside continues"

Ultra-reliable full fibre broadband is now available in Seaton Sluice.

Broadband boost for village as new technology arrives ultrafast

An Openreach engineer.

Openreach to upgrade broadband in five communities
Full fibre broadband is heading to a further five towns and villages in Northumberland, as part of a huge broadband upgrade by Openreach.
Ian Smith

An OpenReach engineer at work.

Campaign brings ultrafast broadband to rural community

An OpenReach engineer at work.

Campaign brings ultrafast broadband to rural community

Openreach is wholly owned by BT. (Photo by SHAUN CURRY/AFP via Getty Images)

Provider wants residents’ backing for broadband roll out

Picture by Google taken whilst in the small village of Wark near Cornhill-On-Tweed.

Openreach issues statement after village went without internet for days

Once somebody places an order with a service provider, an Openreach engineer will visit on an agreed day.

Call for Berwick residents to not miss out on faster broadband

Openreach has started work to build a new ultrafast broadband network for Ashington.

Openreach starts ultrafast broadband build in town

Millions face a broadband shake-up - here’s how to check if you’re affected

Millions of BT and Sky customers face internet shake-up

£4.9m was spent installing the new fibre optic cables in Blyth.

£4.9m investment in new high speed broadband for Blyth

Suzy Walker with Openreach engineers in Alnwick.

Thousands of people missing out on faster broadband

Coun Alison Byard and Coun David Bawn.

Councillors welcome broadband upgrade works

The upgrade will offer speeds 10 times faster and five times more reliable than the existing copper based broadband on Lindisfarne.

Technology tide turns on Holy Island thanks to broadband boost

999 call operators strike today - how emergency calls will be affected

John Devlin 29/07/2022. GLASGOW. BT workers on the picket line in Glasgow. CWU members in Northern Ireland and across the UK, including 999 call handlers, are to take part in further strike action tomorrow

CWU October strikes: over 40,000 BT and Openreach staff walk out

Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery went along to the Morpeth picket line to show his support for BT Group workers on strike.

MP's show of solidarity for BT Group staff on strike in Morpeth

Morpeth Telephone Exchange in Newgate Street. Picture from Google.

Morpeth among the picket line sites for strike by BT Group workers

Catherine Colloms and Anne-Marie Trevelyan with Openreach engineers Sam Ward and Kelsey Adams.

Openreach reveals next tranche of Northumberland communities in line for better ...

Hepple, near Rothbury.

Residents in remote parts of Northumberland call for return of old-fashioned lan...
Modern technology isn’t for everyone – just ask some residents in upper Coquetdale.
Ian Smith

4,000 jobs and 3,000 apprenticeships will be created this year (Photo: Getty Images)

Openreach is creating 4,000 new roles this year in huge job boost

Trainees at the Openreach's Thornaby training centre.

Openreach to create around 40 new jobs in Northumberland as it opens new trainin...

Night-time fibre cabling.

Ultrafast broadband to be installed in Stannington

Damage to overhead fibre cables between Mitford and Dyke Neuk.

Broadband still off in Northumberland hamlets

Berwick MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan.

Berwick MP to meet Openreach after Northumberland residents raise digital switch...

An artist's impression of what Church Street in Blyth will eventually look like.

Next stage of £1.3m Blyth town centre regeneration under way

An Openreach engineer in remote countryside.

Broadband boost for 65,000 Northumberland properties

Damage to broadband cabinets, telephone poles and overhead wires across the Northumberland can now be reported to Openreach using precise locations from what3words.

New way for Northumberland residents to report network damage to Openeach

BT plans to provide high speed internet to 20m UK homes - but will it cost customers more? (Photo: Shutterstock)

BT plans to provide high speed internet to 20m UK homes - but will it cost custo...

BT faces the threat of its first national strike in over 30 years as workers are set to vote on industrial action in a row over jobs (Photo: Shutterstock)

BT staff could strike across the UK for the first time in more than 30 years - w...

Are you desperate to change your provider? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Switching broadband provider should be 'less hassle' says watchdog - everything ...

UK-wide superfast programme pushed broadband speeds up a gear for 5.5 million homes. (Picture: Shutterstock)

Upgrading to superfast broadband could boost your home's value by up to £3,500

Alnmouth.

Alnmouth and Lesbury communities urged to help secure ultrafast broadband

Alnmouth.

Alnmouth area residents urged to signal interest in ultrafast broadband

Bamburgh residents are being asked for their views on broadband.

Bamburgh residents urged to push for ultrafast broadband

Rural broadband.

BT to deliver digital connectivity scheme

Picture c/o Pixabay

Public buildings to get full-fibre broadband
A project to equip 271 public buildings in rural Northumberland with fast, full-fibre broadband is underway, with the first sites due to be connected in the ‘next few months’.
Ben O'Connell

Picture c/o Pixabay

5G conspiracy theories, homeworking and the Joe Wickes spike - how Openreach eng...

How did your provider rank? (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the worst broadband providers in the UK - how does yours rank?

How did your provider rank? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Vodafone and Virgin Mobile named worst broadband and mobile providers by Ofcom -...

There are still more than five per cent of premises in Northumberland which don't have access to superfast broadband.

Scheme to connect Northumberland's remaining premises to superfast broadband

There are still more than five per cent of premises in Northumberland which don't have access to superfast broadband.

Scheme to connect Northumberland's remaining premises to superfast broadband

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Anger over '˜mix-up' for broadband installation

The roll-out of superfast broadband in Northumberland has fallen behind.

Broadband roll-out falls behind

BT Group has 8,500 members of staff in the North East.

BT creating around 145 roles in the North East

The superfast broadband sign-up figures in Northumberland are significantly higher than the UK national average of 38 per cent.

Northumberland's superfast sign-up rates well above average

Openreach is launching a recruitment drive for trainee engineers.

New trainee engineers in Openreach recruitment drive

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