{"id":14176,"date":"2017-06-30T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14176"},"modified":"2017-06-30T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T10:06:02","slug":"1300-extra-staffordshire-uk-premises-get-bts-fibre-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/1300-extra-staffordshire-uk-premises-get-bts-fibre-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"1,300 Extra Staffordshire UK Premises to Get BT&#8217;s &#8220;Fibre Broadband&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A further 1,300 homes and businesses in Staffordshire (England) are due to be covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) &#8220;<em>superfast fibre broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P) network after the state aid fuelled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superfaststaffordshire.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superfast Staffordshire<\/a> project received a funding boost of \u00a31.7 million.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At present the state aid supported programme is already working to expand the coverage of &#8220;<em>fibre broadband<\/em>&#8221; networks to 97% of local premises by the end of 2017, which equates to 95% being able to access &#8220;<em>superfast<\/em>&#8221; speeds of 24Mbps+ (today&#8217;s coverage sits at about 93%) and this is already expected to reach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/new-bt-deal-fibre-broadband-6200-extra-premises-staffordshire.html\">96% by the end of 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Put another way, around 96,000 premises are able to get &#8220;<em>fibre broadband<\/em>&#8221; as a result of the project, of which around 72,000 can get superfast speeds of 24Mbps+; local take-up in related areas stands at a healthy 37%.\u00a0Apparently the additional contract extension announced today is based on funding returned via &#8220;<em>savings<\/em>&#8221; from the earlier phases of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>The first premises to benefit under this additional deployment will go live during next <strong>Summer 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Digital, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our roll-out of superfast broadband in Staffordshire has been a great success so far, and we\u2019ve helped make a high-speed connection available to 96,000 local homes and businesses. 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