Shropshire Reveals Next 18 Areas for BT Superfast Broadband Rollout

The £24.6m Connecting Shropshire (England) programme, which is working to deploy BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network to 93% of local premises by the end of Spring 2016 (except Telford & Wrekin), has named the next 18 communities to benefit from the project.

The first upgrades (covering 6,000 homes and businesses), which have already started to go live and will continue to do so throughout early 2014, were announced in October 2013 last year (here). Meanwhile the next batch is due to begin going live immediately after the first (i.e. from Spring 2014).

The scheme is part of the central Government’s national Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project.

Shropshire’s Next 18 BDUK/BT Fibre Upgrades (Spring 2014)

Alberbury, Aston on Clun, Boningale, Clungunford, Cosford, Cross Lane Head, Halfway House, Little Brampton, Ploxgreen, Pontesford, Purslow, Quatford, Snailbeach, Stoke St. Milborough, Upton Magna, Westbury, Withington and Yockleton.

Overall 62,000 extra premises are expected to benefit from BT’s expanded network coverage in the county and another batch of upgrades are due to be announced in a few months’ time.