Posted: 25th Oct, 2011 By: MarkJ
Rutland Telecom, a
Gigaclear ISP that specialises in bringing superfast broadband to some of the UK's most remote rural communities, have this week turned the isolated village of
Hambleton into Rutland's first ultrafast
Fibre-To-The-Home ( FTTH ) equipped community alongside the completion of their new fibre optic network.
Construction of the new network, which has been jointly funded (
£150,000) by Gigaclear and a private finance group from the village, began in September 2011 (
here) after the
Michelin Star Hambleton Hotel and Restaurant called in the ISP to provide guests with a better connection.
The ISP claims that over
two-thirds of Hambleton’s residents will receive some of the fastest internet connection speeds in the UK, which will be delivered via
Icotera routers that can cope with symmetric internet access speeds of
1000Mbps (1Gbps); actual package speeds will be more like 50Mbps, for now. It will certainly provide a significant boost from the village's current average speed of just
0.7Mbps (BT).
Ed Burrows, Chairman of Discover Rutland, said:
"For our small and beautiful County it is essential that we offer excellent internet services for tourists and business visitors. These are discerning consumers who demand more from online services and technology.
Now, in 2011 we have two excellent hospitality businesses in Hambleton leading the way for Rutland in providing fibre-optic internet services to their customers.
We are seeing significant resources coming in to Rutland from private enterprise in terms of investment, technology, and service innovation. I look forward to seeing more examples of this entrepreneurial spirit throughout the County."
Global telecommunication giants
ZTE provided the core equipment necessary for the point-to-point fibre solution, while
AFL designed and planned the physical optical fibre network and connected each property to the local telecoms cabinet.
UPDATE 27th October 2011Rutland Telecom has confirmed that the amount invested is £150,000 and not £250,000, which was part of an earlier estimate.