Broadband ISP and network builder Gigaclear, which currently covers 500,000 premises (430k Ready for Service) across 25 counties in England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, has today announced that they’re investing £10m to expand their fibre into rural parts of Norfolk.
The first engineering work in the county technically began this summer when the build got underway in Long Stratton to connect more than 2,800 properties. Additional work is also due to start next month (October) in Newton Flotman, which will aim to connect more than 1,600 homes to full fibre broadband by summer 2024.
The Abingdon-based operator, which is currently home to over 80,000 customers (20th July 2023) and employs more than 750 people across eight office locations, has a wider ambition to cover “over” 1 million premises by 2027. We estimate that they’re currently building at a rate of around 14,000 premises passed per month.
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Tony Smith, Delivery Director, said:
“Newton Flotman is just the latest community to benefit from our £10 million network roll-out across Norfolk with the first residents due to have access to our broadband by spring 2024. There are many great benefits to living in rural communities in the county but having access to the fastest broadband speeds is not always something people expect. Residents in towns and cities, on average, enjoy much faster speeds than people in rural locations and we’re on a mission is to address this gap.
Full fibre broadband is increasingly important in enabling people to work from home, stream online entertainment, scroll and gameplay – and people living in rural communities deserve to be able to do this as much as anyone else.”
Customers typically pay from £17 a month (£41.50 after 18-months) for a symmetric 200Mbps broadband package, which rises to £49 (£82 after 18-months) for their top 830Mbps plan. All packages include a wireless router and free installation.
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