Quickline Cover 2,000 North Yorkshire Homes Under Gigabit Broadband Contract

Rural focused UK ISP Quickline has revealed that they’ve now covered 2,000 premises as part of their £73.5m state-aid supported Project Gigabit roll-out contract for North Yorkshire (Lot 31), which was awarded a year ago (here). The contract aims to extend gigabit-capable broadband to reach an additional 36,300 premises in some of the hardest-to-reach areas.

Just to recap. The Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit broadband roll-out scheme aims to help extend 1Gbps (download) capable networks to reach 99% of the UK by 2032. This is primarily focused on upgrading the final 10-20% of hardest to reach premises (mostly rural areas), with most of the rest being done by commercial deployments (current UK coverage is already at c. 88%).

Since the build on Lot 31 got underway in December 2024, the first official delivery target has already been exceeded by more than double. Under the terms of the government contract, Quickline was required to connect 866 premises by the end of June 2025. This has been comfortably surpassed, with 2,130 homes and businesses now able to connect.

Communities to benefit so far include Minskip and Staveley near Boroughbridge, Muston and Reighton near Filey, and Hutton Rudby near Stokesley – most of which have historically suffered from poor to slow broadband connectivity. Quickline says they’re now “well ahead of schedule” and on track to bring thousands more addresses online by the end of the year.

In addition to the government funded addresses, a further 2,560 properties in the Lot 31 area covering North Yorkshire have been reached through Quickline’s associated commercial build and can now be connected to gigabit-capable broadband.

Dan Hague, Project Gigabit Delivery Director at Quickline, said:

“North Yorkshire is a large, predominantly rural area and many of the communities we’re connecting are among the worst-served in the UK. The terrain presents unique engineering challenges, but our team is making fantastic progress.

We’re incredibly proud to be delivering on our promise to provide fast, reliable broadband to areas that need it most.”

Telecoms Minister, Sir Chris Bryant, said:

“Our rollout of fast broadband to hard-to-reach areas is moving at pace in Yorkshire, bringing many rural communities the reliable connectivity they need to thrive in today’s online world.

Whether it’s giving businesses access to the speedy broadband they need, or enabling elderly residents to stay in touch with relatives, the vital infrastructure we’re delivering through Project Gigabit is a cornerstone of our Plan for Change, supporting this Government’s missions to kickstart economic growth and break down barriers to opportunity.”

The provider initially aims to cover 200,000 UK premises with their full fibre lines by the end of 2025 (up from 65,000 premises in Nov 2023), before rising to over 400k by 2028. This includes both their commercial builds and the aforementioned deployments under the government’s Project Gigabit broadband programme.

Residential customers of the new network are typically charged from £22 per month on a 24-month term for 100Mbps (50Mbps upload) speeds with free installation, which goes up to £49 for their top 1000Mbps symmetric speed tier (you also get the first 8 months of service for free on their top tier).