The Aylesbury Vale Broadband network, which has recently rolled out a 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) service to part of both North Marston and nearby Granborough in rural Buckinghamshire (England), has today named the next two villages to benefit from their deployment.
At present the pilot network is supported by £200k of public investment from the Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC), which is likely to be boosted by another injection of £500k (latest AVB uptake and financial data) in the very near future; albeit much to the annoyance of some local fixed wireless ISPs.
Apparently the next two villages to be reached will be Oving and Swanbourne, both of which are home to around 400-500 people each and are said to have already demonstrated that there is “sufficient demand” for the service to be deployed.
AVB Statement
The route to Swanbourne from North Marston via private land has already been agreed and work is scheduled to start the week commencing 13th June 2016. Discussions with land owners between North Marston and Oving are currently underway and this work is expected to start in July.
AVB is also in discussion with other parish councils in regards to delivering ultra-fast fibre service to their areas and we expect to announce more villages in the near future. AVB has set the ambitious target of having our network live in 10 villages in Aylesbury Vale by the end of 2016.
Customers of the new network can expect to pay from £30 per month for an unlimited usage 30Mbps service (symmetrical), which rises to £38 if you want a 100Mbps connection or £135 for the top 300Mbps. The one-off connection fee for the service is £150, although this only works if you’re happy to “self-install” the cable to your property and it will cost a little more if you wish to hire a professional to do the job.
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