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Partnership approach brings high-speed broadband to new housing development at Edenbrook, Hampshire
Take up soars as high-speed broadband proves popular
A partnership between Openreach, the local network business which is part of BT Group, and developer Berkeley Homes has made high-speed fibre broadband available to around 450 homes in a new housing development at Edenbrook, Hampshire.
The co-funded deal, in which Openreach invested with Berkeley Homes, has proved so popular that ten per cent of households signed up for the high-speed fibre broadband service within the first seven days. The latest figures show that around 20 per cent of residents have now signed up for fibre broadband services.
The high-speed technology has been available from a wide range of broadband service providers since Openreach engineers completed the job of installing new fibre optic cabling and Fibre to the Cabinet technology (FTTC).
Chris Gilbert, Berkeley Homes Southern managing director, said: “I am delighted that Berkeley residents can now benefit from a high speed broadband connection. We were very happy to coordinate the installation of the FTTC cabinet for the benefit of our residents, for whom the lack of high speed broadband is a major frustration. The fast take up from residents proves that in the modern world in which we live, high speed broadband is a service that is very much in demand.”
Steve Haines, managing director for Openreach, said: “It is great to be able to work with proactive developers and communities like Edenbrookto find a fibre broadband solution. We are working on hundreds of similar community fibre partnership programmes across the UK, which are bringing faster internet access to even more homes and businesses. Openreach is committed to making fibre broadband as widely available as possible.
“Around 91 per cent[1] of households and businesses in Hampshire now have access to superfast speeds. UK superfast broadband coverage will rise to 95 per cent by the end of 2017. About 300 communities across the country have already signed up to BT’s co-funded Community Fibre Partnerships scheme, with more than 150 already enjoying the benefits of superfast broadband.”
Stacey King, BT’s regional partnership director for the South East, said: “As the roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband continues, it is great to see so many communities like Edenbrook benefitting from this new technology. Fibre broadband is a major step forward for households and businesses. The technology really does have the ability to transform the way people interact online.”
To find out how to help bring superfast broadband to your community visit www.communityfibre.bt.com
For more details on the roll-out of fibre broadband visit www.openreach.co.uk/whereandwhen
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About Openreach
Openreach is the UK’s leading digital infrastructure provider.
Its 32,000 employees are responsible for building and maintaining millions of miles of fibre and copper cables that connect every home and business in the UK to local telephone exchanges. Openreach operates and maintains this network to deliver a range of wholesale services for more than 580 retail providers, who in-turn provide telephony, broadband, TV and data services to more than 30 million consumer and business customers throughout the country.
Openreach is a highly regulated business, with more than 90 per cent of its revenues generated from services that are regulated by Ofcom. Any company can access its products under exactly the same prices, terms and conditions.
Over the last decade, Openreach has invested more than £10bn into its network and is currently building the UK’s largest fibre broadband footprint. This technology is available to more than 26 million homes and businesses, with tens of thousands more gaining access each week.
Openreach is a wholly owned and independently governed division of the BT Group. For the year ended 31 March 2017, it reported revenues of £5.1bn.
For more information, visitopenreach.co.uk
About BT
BT’s purpose is to use the power of communications to make a better world. It is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet products and services; and converged fixed-mobile products and services. BT consists of six customer-facing lines of business: Consumer, EE, Business and Public Sector, Global Services, Wholesale and Ventures, and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2017, BT Group’s reported revenue was £24,062m with reported profit before taxation of £2,354m.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information, visit www.btplc.com
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