Gigaclear Expand FTTP Broadband Build into Rural Derbyshire

Rural broadband ISP Gigaclear, which has already covered 360,000 premises (up from 300,000 in May 2022) across rural parts of England with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’ve expanded into Derbyshire and aim to cover a total of more than 25,000 premises in the county.

The first 9,000 homes to benefit from this will be found both in and around the areas of Matlock and Chesterfield (Matlock alone will see 4,500 premises covered), which will then extend to Tansey and Lumsdale. Work is also said to be beginning in the areas of Walton, south of Chesterfield, to connect a similar number of properties.

More areas are expected to be confirmed for Gigaclear’s rollout in Derbyshire during 2023. But we should also point out that some of the new locations (or at least parts of them), such as Matlock and Chesterfield, either already have access to a gigabit-capable broadband or appear on FTTP deployment plans from other operators (e.g. Virgin Media, FullFibre Limited).

Tony Smith, Gigaclear’s Regional General Manager, said:

“Taking our full fibre network into rural Derbyshire demonstrates our commitment to extend our network to new communities. Whilst many other broadband providers compete to offer their services in dense, urban areas we’re focussing on communities that are far less likely to have a choice of supplier.”

Residential customers of the service currently pay from £15 a month (discounted rate) for a symmetric 100Mbps broadband package on an 18-month term (£35 thereafter) and this rises to £49 (£79 thereafter) for their top 830Mbps plan. All packages include a wireless router and free installation.