Half of UK landmass still without high-speed broadband as government trumpets rollout success

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Many homes and businesses still cannot get high-speed broadband because of failures to connect the 'last mile'

The rollout of superfast broadband across Britain is proceeding according to plan, according to Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, with 90 per cent of homes set to be...

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