Gigaclear has secured £3m of funding from the Fastershire Superfast Extension Programme
(BDUK phase two) which when added to the £7m of investment from Gigaclear
itself will provide Gigabit FTTP to some 6,495 homes and businesses in the
Cotswolds.
“The announcement that 6,495 homes in some of the harder to reach areas of
The Cotswolds will receive a good broadband service sounds like wonderful news.
During the election I campaigned on the theme that I would work to deliver a
good broadband service for most people in The Cotswolds. This announcement
looks like it will go a long way to fulfil that pledge.”Geoffrey Clifton Brown, MP for the Cotswolds
This means that while BT won all the main phase one BDUK contracts, they
cannot win all the phase two ones, since Gigaclear has broken the run.
“What was refreshing about this tender was the identification of the
specific addresses of the 6,495 properties that the contract sought to serve.
This clarity gave us the confidence to offer our Gigabit fibre broadband
service to every single property in the tender.”Matthew Hare, CEO of Gigaclear
The provision of FTTP with the option to buy a Gigabit connection should
mean that those in the communities of Guiting Power, Chedworth, Whelford,
Bibury and Icomb that will benefit should have a pretty future proof connection
once the roll-out completes in 2017.
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Wow.. what’s it like being 2 days BEHIND ISPreview?
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2015/06/1gbps-fttp-broadband-coming-to-6495-premises-in-gloucestershire-uk.html
Must be awesome..
@fabrettitd It is called two days off and felt the announcement was important enough to cover still.
As someone living in this area who has been agitating for decent broadband for the last two years I am naturally delighted by this announcement. But I’m annoyed and frustrated that local MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown is riding on its coattails, as he has done absolutely nothing to help any local campaigns – apart from having his photo taken next to BT’s newly installed cabinets.
be interesting to see what they actually cover and by when — -wonder what some of th headlines will be when the village gets dup up and you have to pay £200 to get connected or DIY and you get no service provider choice
I also wonder how rural they will actually get
My experience of Gigaclear in my village is that the digging was done with minimum disruption, the fibre connection point was placed was exactly where we wanted which was not the most convenient place for them. DIY connection very straightforward for anyone who can use a drill and a screwdriver. Currently no choice of ISP but no complaints and the relief of using VOIP, being free from BT and its noisy copper wires is wonderful.
(I’m not part of Gigaclear – just a happy customer!)
Fastman:
“I also wonder how rural they will actually get”
Have a look at p.10 of this document showing the areas in question (Lot 1) on Fastershire’s website.
http://www.fastershire.com/assets/file/Fastershire%20Broadband%20Strategy%202014-18.pdf
We’re not the Yorkshire moors, but many villages don’t have green box and are over three miles from their nearest exchange.
Gigaclear have promised to connect all 6495 premises: a list giving the postcodes and locations of every property can be found here:
http://www.fastershire.com/assets/file/Spreadsheet%201.xlsx