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Openreach’s £42m broadband network build in Kirklees is now ready for service to over 70% of residents.
The network is now live in dozens of communities including in and around Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike. Honley, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Meltham and Milnsbridge.
Openreach is urging residents to adopt fibre services with uptake at 23% across the region, lagging behind its UK average of 34%.
Matthew Lovegrove, Openreach Partnership Manager for Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “Our investment across the Kirklees area continues, and we’re determined to help communities to thrive.”
A report by the Centre for Economics & Business Research (Cebr) finds that connecting everyone in Yorkshire and the Humber to Full Fibre broadband would create a £3.3bn boost to the local economy.
