The Hebden Times reports that a crucial meeting next Wednesday in Hebden Bridge could approve plans for a new fibre optic broadband service in the Calder Valley. The community network, if approved, would replace existing copper piping with “fiberlass” cables:


In related news the Welsh Daily Post has reported on calls for the expansion of Wrexham's broadband reach to include Llay Industrial Estate. Presently the network only covers Wrexham's Industrial Estate and Technology Park.

The FibreSpeed network, which is now being installed across North Wales, will connect business parks, industrial estates and other locations across six counties. Lesley Griffiths AM is leading the charge with a letter to the Welsh Assembly Government:


To date the Welsh Assembly government has made a £30 million investment in the FibreSpeed project for North Wales.