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The Gloucestershire County Council<\/a> (GCC) in England has today celebrated how their Fastershire programme, which was jointly conducted alongside Herefordshire Council, has now helped to enable 98.5% of properties in the county to access a “superfast broadband<\/em>” (30Mbps+) connection, up from only 39% in 2012 and 36% in 2011.<\/p>\n

The Fastershire project, which was backed by millions in state aid and delivered various different deployment contracts with Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>), Gigaclear<\/a>, Airband<\/a>, FullFibre Ltd and others (initially using FTTC<\/a> technology, before switching to FTTP<\/a> in later phases), was broadly focused on helping to upgrade premises in areas that commercial operators had deemed unviable to serve with private investment alone (usually rural communities).<\/p>\n

The main focus of this effort was on expanding the availability of “superfast<\/em>” (30Mbps+) capable broadband networks and ISPs. In addition, Fastershire has also helped increase gigabit-capable broadband (1000Mbps+<\/strong>) coverage across Gloucestershire, and the county now boasts over 80% gigabit coverage and 60% full fibre (FTTP<\/a>) access, compared to only 1% in 2012.<\/p>\n

Cllr David Gray said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to fast and reliable broadband is essential for our communities, businesses and overall economic growth and we\u2019re proud of the progress made through the Fastershire Broadband Project.<\/p>\n

Building broadband infrastructure across the county has been challenging, but with the support of our partners and communities, this cross-county collaboration has benefited properties in every district in the county. As the Fastershire Broadband Project draws to a close, we are committed to extending improved broadband access even further.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Government\u2019s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/strong> programme is currently still working to extend 1Gbps download speeds (200Mbps+ uploads) to reach \u201cnationwide<\/em>\u201d coverage (c. 99%) by around 2030 (currently running at over 86%), although that target is a national average and the specific expectation for Gloucestershire may be lower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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