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Rutland Telecom – Helping to Enrich Young Minds

March 2012

Rutland Telecom is pleased to announce that we are the new supplier of ultrafast broadband to St Mary & St John C.E.V.A. Primary School, North Luffenham Primary School, in Rutland. They have struggled, like many rural communities, to achieve effective broadband speeds, frustrating staff and students alike. Rutland Telecom and headmaster, Mr Sam Morton(pictured below), [...]

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Rutland Telecom’s New Faces

February 2012

As part of the continuing development of the award winning and innovative local broadband provider, Rutland Telecom, MD Christer Karlsson and Chairman Matthew Hare have appointed Shane James as the new Head of Sales & Marketing and Beccie Daft as the new Office Manager responsible for HR and office administration. Christer said, ‘both ladies have [...]

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David Lewis starts new consultancy business working alongside Rutland Telecom

February 2012

David Lewis, a major shareholder and the original founder of Rutland Telecom, steps down as a Director and starts up a new consultancy business, Broadband Consultancy Limited. This new business will work alongside Rutland Telecom and will continue to work on many existing projects. David Lewis said “I have had 10 enjoyable years running the [...]

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Free Wireless For Uppingham’s Market Place – Get On Line

November 2011

The Falcon Hotel and Rutland Telecom join forces with Uppingham First to celebrate opening up a wireless network across Uppingham’s Market Place. RUTLAND, 21st November – Uppingham residents, businesses, and visitors look set to benefit from free access to a high-speed wireless network available throughout the Market Place. ‘Connectivity in the heart of the town [...]

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Hambleton In Rutland – At The Cutting Edge of Ultra-fast Broadband With FTTH

November 2011

29th October 2011 After Hambleton’s Network Builders Throw A Party To Switch On Joint Funded Fibre To The Home Network, Residents And Businesses Continue To Celebrate (photos) RUTLAND, 1st November – the Finch’s Arms in Rutland is celebrating, and not just because they hosted a successful launch party for Fibre Network Builders Gigaclear. The Hotel [...]

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Hambleton Celebrates Joining Broadband Gigabit Community

October 2011

24th October 2011 Hambleton’s Network Builders Throw A Party As They Switch On Joint Funded Fibre To The Home Network RUTLAND, Saturday October 29th at 11.15 – a champagne reception and a symbolic ‘switch on’ marks success for Gigaclear and ISP Rutland Telecom who have created Rutland’s first Fibre To The Home village. Through a [...]

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AFL Strengthens Rural FTTH Capabilities

October 2011

SWINDON, U.K. – 05 October 2011 – AFL is fast establishing a leading expertise in rural community FTTH projects, installing its latest rural project currently in the village of Hambleton in Rutland, UK for Gigaclear, a privately owned company dedicated to building and operating ultrafast broadband networks with fibre technology.

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50 free Superfast Broadband Connections As Primary School And Parents Connect For Free.

October 2011

First Luffenham residents connected to Superfast* Broadband as Village Trust boosts Education. Local residents and work-from-home businesses connecting with Rutland Telecom are seeing a huge improvement on their connections and up and download speeds: ‘Ever since I moved to the area I have been waiting to sign up.  We are about as far away from [...]

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Office Closed from 1pm Thursday 6th to 9am Monday 10th October 2011

October 2011

Rutland Telecom vs Changing Rooms: more than just a makeover. Rutland Telecom is getting a long-overdue makeover that will positively impact on our internal and service delivery processes so we will be able to deliver a better customer experience. This is a process that will continue over many weeks to come, and will kick-start our [...]

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Hambleton Resident Joins Exclusive Gigabit Community

September 2011

Rutland Village Joins Exclusive Gigabit Community Hambleton residents see work start on Ultrafast Broadband the village invested in. On September 12th construction started in the village of Hambleton in Rutland.  As the ground was broken, so began the final phase of a remarkable story – a Community In Action.

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