Openreach Connect UK First Homes Under Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts UPDATE

Project Gigabit update: Openreach connects 38 rural communities

News Openreach has begun delivering full fibre broadband to homes and in some of the hardest to reach locations in the UK  The rollout brings gigabit connectivity to areas that have been overlooked by commercial broadband investment, including villages such as Lacock and Broad Hinton in Wiltshire, Dane End in Hertfordshire, Castle Caereinion and Llanwrin in Powys, and Meeth in Devon.  The upgrades form part of Openreach’s Project Gigabit contrac…

Openreach Connect UK First Homes Under Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts UPDATE

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this morning announced that they’ve connected, as part of their state aid funded contracts via the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit scheme, the first remote rural premises in 38 different locations across the UK to their new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network. Just to recap. Last year saw Openreach being awarded a new Single Supplier Framework agreement (here), which meant…