Communities gain access to superfast broadband across Warwickshire thanks to roll-out
Thanks to a superfast broadband project, hundreds of houses in Warwickshire are set to gain access to faster internet. The Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire (CSW) project helps get difficult to reach premises and homes not on a commercial roll-out gain access to superfast broadband.
As part of the £10 million roll-out, households and businesses will have the opportunity to gain superfast internet in Alcester, Henley, Moreton Morrell and Tysoe among other places. To reach these areas, hundreds of fibre optic wiring had to be placed down across difficult and hilly land and new cabinets had to be installed in the new areas.
According to councillor Alan Cockburn from Warwickshire County Council, of the 49 structures that needed to be upgraded, just eight of these could be upgraded relatively quickly. The other cabinets had to have additional work done, particularly in places where there is no cabinet. “This means that additional work is necessary to re-arrange the copper connections as well as bringing a fibre connection," Mr Cockburn said.
Benefits of superfast broadband are multifold. Businesses will be able to load web pages faster and be able to have Skype calls from across the nation and internationally. Households also can stream videos and movies, shop online and enjoy the same speeds as those in more urban areas.
However, these communities will not have immediate access to the fibre broadband. For those businesses and properties seeking to gain access, there is an ‘opt in’ service. As councillor Philip Johnson, chair of communities overview and scrutiny committee, stated: “In order to reach the more challenging areas different technologies are being used. It really is important that people register their interest in fibre broadband with CSW Broadband so that they can be updated on the progress of the roll-out in their area.”
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