{"id":33049,"date":"2022-11-29T15:06:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=33049"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:06:36","slug":"devon-and-somerset-update-on-wessex-internets-fttp-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/11\/devon-and-somerset-update-on-wessex-internets-fttp-rollout.html","title":{"rendered":"Devon and Somerset Update on Wessex Internet’s FTTP Rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Connecting Devon and Somerset<\/a> (CDS) programme has today issued a short progress update on their contract with UK ISP Wessex Internet<\/a>, which has been tasked with deploying a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP<\/a>) broadband network across some rural parts of the region.<\/p>\n

The Phase 2<\/strong> CDS contract, which was originally awarded at the end of 2020 (here<\/a>) and supported by \u00a34.7m<\/strong> of public investment (partly from Building Digital UK<\/a>), meant the operator would spend 3 years on a build to expand their full fibre network to cover 3,618 premises<\/strong> in remote rural parts of South Somerset. This contract was then extended earlier this year (here<\/a>), with an extra \u00a31.7m of public funding, to reach a further 1,110 premises<\/strong> (total of c. 4,700).<\/p>\n

The latest update notes that the rollout has now reached the tiny hamlet of Cockhill, near Castle Cary, which is home to just a “handful of properties<\/em>“. Meanwhile, the build is currently continuing on the three-year programme in East Coker, Pendomer, Yeovil Marsh, Mudford and Closworth.<\/p>\n

All of this follows the recent completion of work in Babcary, Marston Magna and Sutton Montis. You can get a better idea of progress by checking out the rollout plan on this page,<\/a> and there’s a nice video to accompany the latest update.<\/p>\n