CityFibre has begun work to connect more than 45,000 homes and businesses across areas of Leicestershire and Warwickshire to full fibre thanks to an award of £77m as part of Project Gigabit.
Fri, 22/11/2024 - 10:36
Openreach is helping Staffordshire residents get a major digital boost as more than 11,000 homes and businesses gain access to full fibre broadband, in the next phase of the government’s Project Gigabit programme.
Thanks to the programme, a new fibre network will be built in the next couple of years, connecting rural parts of Staffordshire to gigabit-capable broadband speeds.
This includes groups of homes and businesses in Pattingham and Acton Trussell (South Staffordshire), Colton and Elford (Lichfield), Swynnerton in Stafford and Baldwins Gate and Whitmore (Newcastle-under-Lyme).
The work complements a £16.5 million Project Gigabit contract awarded to Connect Fibre last year, which is already providing Project Gigabit services in North East Staffordshire and set to benefit up to 5,900 hard-to-reach premises.
First customer connections on the North East Staffordshire project should be deployed by the end of 2024.
Simon Tagg, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Infrastructure and Climate Change said: “Our Superfast Staffordshire programme made a real difference over the last decade - now gigabit capable connection is the next step.”
Staffordshire County Council’s Gigafast Staffordshire programme is already helping 82 percent of county homes and businesses access gigabit speeds.
Openreach’s own full fibre build has reached more than 250,000 homes and businesses across Staffordshire and 1.5 million in the wider West Midlands region.
