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

So where are we now?

Jul 30, 2019

On the National Scene, the only game in town now is Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) with a Government target to cover 10 million UK premises by the end of 2022 and ‘an ambition’ to see a nationwide full fibre network by 2033. Openreach is increasingly being subject to greater competition by a number of companies providing fibre networks – although competition is not a significant factor in providing a service in rural areas such as ours where public subsidy is still needed.  

 

Closer to home, Connecting Cumbria has had its plans for connecting 2,300 premises approved for the final tranche of funding it has at its disposal, which will bring superfast coverage up to 94% of premises in Cumbria. Exactly which premises will be included will be determined solely by cost considerations. It’s expected that which premises will benefit will change as detailed surveys are conducted. We don’t have any influence over this process but it’s very unlikely that any more premises in Colton parish will benefit from Connecting Cumbria money.