CityFibre has begun work to connect more than 50,000 homes and businesses across rural areas of Kent to full fibre broadband as part of a £112m Project Gigabit award, helping boost connectivity to residents.
Fri, 31/01/2025 - 11:51
Quickline is celebrating a successful start on Project Gigabit in north Yorkshire, connecting the first premises in the region to reliable broadband under the UK government contract.
Villages and hamlets around Settle, Boroughbridge, Hunmanby, and Filey are among the first to benefit from the altnet provider’s rollout of Project Gigabit.
Just five months after being awarded the Project Gigabit contract in north Yorkshire, almost 5,000 more homes and businesses can access a gigabit-capable broadband connection, with the first 46 premises included in the contract and a further 4,800 homes and businesses that have been connected through Quickline’s commercial build.
Work is also progressing rapidly in areas including Stokesley, Topcliffe, and Felixkirk, with more connections expected over the next month.
The north Yorkshire contract will bring broadband to 36,000 funded premises, with over 50,000 additional connections delivered as part of Quickline’s commercial build.
Across all its Project Gigabit contracts, Quickline will connect 170,000 subsidised residents in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, rising to 360,000 with associated commercial builds.
