Still on track …….
Jul 24, 2014In Cumbria as a whole, the Programme is still on track with 18 exchanges and 31,243 premises connected (last month’s figures). Development work is continuing with miniature cabinets which should enable many more remote premises to be connected to SFBB.
The main ring of fibre optic cabling is in place round the County and the main population centres – Ulverston included – have enabled cabinets. (See the Connecting Cumbria web site).
Best guess is that it will be 2015 before our Parish gets its fibre optic connections then expect a flurry of activity. We can expect to get to know where and when some six months before it happens – and at that stage we can look to see where the gaps in provision may arise and try to get the optimum solutions for the Parish.
In the interview I referred to in my last piece, it was stated that there is a drive to get more than 25% of premises taking up the option of SFBB in an enabled area as this will trigger further BT Openreach funding for the County. The present take up has risen from 3% last year to 9% now – so a bit to go……..