Rural ISP SWS Broadband Add 2 Shropshire Villages to Fibre Rollout

Shrewsbury-based ISP SWS Broadband (Rural Broadband Solutions Plc), which covers premises in rural parts of Shropshire (England) and Wales via both wireless and full fibre (FTTP) connectivity, has today added the villages of Minsterley and Pontesbury to their gigabit fibre rollout plan.

The company revealed last year that their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises network build would aim to cover 100,000 remote premises, focusing on small towns around Shropshire and Wales “where full fibre connectivity is currently unavailable”. The first two villages to benefit from this work were Stiperstones and Woolston (previously covered by SWS’ wireless access network), which were then followed by Habberley and Cardington.

Due for completion in late summer 2023, the roll-out by SWS has today been extended to include Minsterley and Pontesbury in Shropshire.

Chris New, CEO of SWS Broadband, said:

“Along with our dedication to delivering services to the very smallest of rural communities, we are excited to announce that we are able to fast track our gigabit capable FTTP (fibre to the premises) network, to communities of this size too. We will be providing the opportunity for some 2000 customers across these two villages to future-proof their homes and businesses through the benefits that come from a full fibre broadband solution equal to, or better than urban locations in the UK.”

Customers usually pay from £36 per month for an unlimited 150Mbps (symmetric) service, and that rises to £56 per month for their top 900Mbps tier.