{"id":32618,"date":"2022-10-20T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T23:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=32618"},"modified":"2022-10-21T10:08:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:08:27","slug":"gofibre-win-north-northumberland-gigabit-broadband-rollout-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/10\/gofibre-win-north-northumberland-gigabit-broadband-rollout-contract.html","title":{"rendered":"GoFibre Win North Northumberland Gigabit Broadband Rollout Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third Local Supplier contract under the UK Government&#8217;s \u00a35bn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/gov-starts-gbp5bn-uk-gigabit-broadband-and-voucher-schemes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Gigabit<\/a> broadband rollout scheme &#8211; worth \u00a37.3m &#8211; has today been awarded to rural ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofibre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFibre<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borderlink.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BorderLink<\/a>), which will upgrade broadband for more than 3,750 hard-to-reach premises across North Northumberland (England).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Project Gigabit aims to extend 1Gbps capable (download speeds) networks to reach at least 85% of UK premises by the end of 2025, before hopefully achieving &#8220;nationwide&#8221; coverage (c. 99%) by around 2030 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/gov-targets-universal-uk-gigabit-broadband-coverage-for-2030.html\">here<\/a>). Commercial investment is expected to deliver around 80% of this, which leaves the government\u2019s scheme to focus on tackling the final 20% (mostly rural and some sub-urban areas), where the private sector alone would otherwise struggle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Around 70% of premises can already access a gigabit network (c. 40% via just <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-110 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"fttp\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_fibre_optic.php\">FTTP<\/a>). Project Gigabit is technology neutral, so it can be delivered via either \u201cfull fibre\u201d <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-110 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"fttp\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_fibre_optic.php\">FTTP<\/a>, Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) or fixed wireless access (e.g. <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-166 shortlink-chref shortlink shortlink-166 shortlink-chref\" title=\"5G Mobile Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_mobile.php\">5G<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>The project uses a number of different approaches to tackle the problem (e.g. vouches and investment in dark fibre builds), but the largest part of the scheme involves a gap-funded subsidy approach &#8211; the <strong>Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy<\/strong> (GIS) programme. This is where smaller local and larger regional contracts are awarded to network operators and ISPs who can help to build their gigabit-capable infrastructure across the final 20%.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-66 shortlink-chref shortlink shortlink-66 shortlink-chref shortlink shortlink-66 shortlink-chref\" title=\"building digital uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/building-digital-uk\">Building Digital UK<\/a> (BDUK) team, which manages Project Gigabit, awarded their first GIS contract to <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-141 shortlink-chref shortlink shortlink-141 shortlink-chref\" title=\"wessex internet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wessexinternet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.wessexinternet.com\">Wessex Internet<\/a> for <strong>North Dorset<\/strong> (Lot 14.01) in August 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/08\/north-dorset-uk-sign-first-project-gigabit-broadband-rollout-contract.html\">here<\/a>), which was followed by <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-251\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gofibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"GoFibre Broadband\">GoFibre<\/a> picking up the contract for <strong>Teesdale<\/strong> (Lot 4.01) in September 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/gofibre-win-project-gigabit-broadband-rollout-contract-for-teesdale.html\">here<\/a>) and they&#8217;ve today also scooped the contract for <strong>North Northumberland<\/strong> (Lot 34.01).<\/p>\n<p>The North Northumberland project will cover towns, villages and hamlets across the area including premises near to Berwick-upon-Tweed and Wooler, subject to further survey completion. The contract has been signed and planning is now underway, with construction due to begin in <strong>Spring 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Sam Calvert, Chief Revenue Officer at <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-251\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gofibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"GoFibre Broadband\">GoFibre<\/a>, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At GoFibre, everything we do is guided by our mission to support the development and prosperity of local communities across Northern England and Scotland with high-quality broadband services. We\u2019re delighted to have been awarded our second contract as a trusted partner under the government\u2019s Project Gigabit scheme with today\u2019s announcement providing an exciting opportunity for us to extend our services to the people of North Northumberland.<\/p>\n<p>Having already embedded ourselves within the Berwick community, we\u2019re strengthening our ties with North Northumberland by helping locals to connect with each other and thrive, thanks to a reliable broadband connection. This opens up opportunities for economic growth, education and employment with everybody deserving access to world class connectivity which we\u2019re looking forward to bringing to North Northumberland.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Julia Lopez, Digital Infrastructure Minister, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;North Northumberland will be one of the first places to benefit from this government&#8217;s multi-million pound investments to bring people in hard-to-reach areas the broadband speeds they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Faster gigabit broadband will mean families no longer have to battle over bandwidth and people in rural areas will get the speed, reliability and freedom to live and work flexibly.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>GoFibre recently secured a significant investment of <strong>\u00a3164m<\/strong> from Gresham House (BSIF) to build their <strong>Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP) network across 500,000 premises in the North of England and Scottish Borders over the next 3-years &#8211; by around the end of 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/01\/borderlink-get-gbp164m-for-full-fibre-rollout-in-north-england-and-scotland.html\">here<\/a>), which the new contract will clearly help &#8211; a little &#8211; to achieve. The fact that GoFibre has won two of these contracts, even if they are only smaller projects, is still significant.<\/p>\n<p>Customers of the new service can expect to pay from \u00a336 per month for a 100Mbps package on a 24-month term with an included wireless router, which rises to \u00a369 per month for their top 1000Mbps plan. The latter also comes with a bonus Wi-Fi extender (this can optionally be taken on other plans for just \u00a35 per month extra).<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s worth pointing out that GoFibre&#8217;s availability checker on their website is somewhat unreliable, since it claims that their network is available in many areas where it hasn&#8217;t even been built yet. Take with a pinch of salt. But we understand that GoFibre are currently working to update their checker in order to be more accurate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third Local Supplier contract under the UK Government&#8217;s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme &#8211; worth \u00a37.3m &#8211; has today been awarded to rural ISP GoFibre (BorderLink), which will upgrade broadband for more than 3,750 hard-to-reach premises across North Northumberland (England).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[471,56,466,38,1997],"class_list":["post-32618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bduk","tag-fttp","tag-northumberland","tag-politics","tag-uk-gigabit-programme"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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