Colton Superfast Broadband Why it's important and how we can get it......Mike Postle (mike@mpo1.uk)

Missed this one!

Another few properties in the parish (8 by my reckoning) can now obtain a fast broadband connection. Actually as they can now get fibre to the premises (FTTP), they can get ultrafast speeds. So those lucky people in the Whitestock area (Postcode LA12 8LB) can now apply via an appropriate ISP to have their FTTP connection. This one seems to be have been done on the back of getting a fibre connection to the Hulleter mast so that EE can provide an improved public 4G service to the whole of the Rusland area. That’s not just good news of course for the properties able to obtain FTTP connections but also for anyone on the area who will shortly be able to improve their connection using a 4G broadband router. It may also have a bearing on the quotation Openreach comes up with for the Community Fibre Partnership bid that’s been made for the Rusland area: the more fibre there is, the cheaper it is to make a short extension (‘twiglet’?) from an existing ‘branch’. Well we can hope anyway!