internet – Hackney Citizen

London Mayor announces £10m boost for broadband ‘fibre backbone’ using tube tunnels

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 25 October 2019 at 18:12

London Assembly Member calls on government to ‘crack on’ with roll-out across country by 2025

Town Hall gears up to provide affordable internet to social housing

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 December 2018 at 11:24

Hackney Town Hall

Mayor Philip Glanville declares intention to ‘harness our own digital assets and estate for the public good’

Hackney’s digital divide is worst in capital as council plans online-only services

By Adam Barnett | Wednesday 8 August 2012 at 12:59

Town Hall plans to move face-to-face and telephone services online are being frustrated by lack of money, ‘stubborn’ older people and the Olympics

Olympic Park legacy plan threatens Tech City growth, report warns

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 2 July 2012 at 10:02

Thinktank says tech scene around Silicon Roundabout in London now comprises at least 3,200 firms with 48,000 jobs

Hackney residents stuck on wrong side of digital divide

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 February 2011 at 15:27

Shaun Ashby Milton Gardens Estate

Whilst council estates in some other boroughs enjoy free internet access, here they are not yet benefiting from such innovative broadband schemes

Get older people online, say Hackney Silver Surfers

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 29 November 2009 at 11:36

Over 50s call for free twenty-first century broadband