Wessex Internet has connected its first customer in South Wiltshire as part of an £18.8 million contract awarded by Project Gigabit, bringing faster broadband to around 14,500 residents across the region.
Thu, 8/12/2022 - 09:56
The highest home in Wales has received access to full fibre as Openreach looks to connect the Yr Wyddfa summit in Wales.
Resident Eira Morris said: “We live off-grid and have never had a telephone landline. Having the fastest fibre optic broadband is some kind of miracle.”
The ongoing project involves running fibre infrastructure from the nearest exchange in Llanberis all the way to the summit and should be completed in time for next year’s summer season.
Openreach engineers will be working with the Snowdon Mountain Railway to run seven kilometres of fibre cable along the railway.
Once completed, Yr Wyddfa will be the highest point in the UK with Full Fibre connectivity.
This connection will also enable improved customer experience at Summit café and may aid mountain search and rescue teams.
Suzanne Rutherford, Chief Engineer for Wales, said: “You just have to look at the sheer scale of Yr Wyddfa to appreciate how big a job this is for our engineers and that’s before you even take into consideration weather conditions.”
