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Get in touch with your Island business stories, as, thanks to the sponsorship of Wightfibre, we'll be covering more of them in the future.
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Not only does IWC not need to spend £3m of our/their money on this, but IWC's implementation would breach EU rules, he says.
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Wightfibre boss says the £3.09m contract with BT is a waste of money as his company plan to provide broadband to the same areas in less time.
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Council officers and the Cabinet member responsible were questioned by the Scrutiny Committee last week over the proposed £3m+ council investment in BT's Rural Broadband project.
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There's a lot to consider for the Isle of Wight Rural Broadband project. It's not clear if there's enough information been made available to make a decision.
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Boss of Isle of Wight broadband provider says he's not ruling out legal action, believing the council's procurement process was not followed properly.
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Frazer Munro, boss of an Isle of Wight company providing wireless infrastructure in rural areas, argues that the failure of IW council officers to accurately report Island broadband provision led to the Cabinet making an 'illegal' decision.
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WightFibre is a company that's changing, serviced and run from the Island, for the Island. This is the first in the series of features, detailing what those changes are.
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Council confirm that BT agreed to all the conditions insisted upon by the Cabinet for the Rural Broadband project.
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Thomas believes the council should be looking to protect local employers as well as core services, saying local ISPs may suffer because of their decision to give BT £3.65m in the rural broadproject rollout project.
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WightFibre has also doubled its cross-Solent network capacity and they say their top broadband speed is now 50% faster than BT.
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The volume of Internet traffic enjoyed by WightFibre customers at peak times has grown over 200% since the company re-launched as WightFibre in July 2012. They're about to receive even faster speeds with the latest upgrade.
