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This guidance provides an overview of Project Gigabit and answers to frequently asked questions. It outlines how councillors can use their unique local role to support the deployment of gigabit-capable broadband in their area.
Around 131,000 homes and businesses across the country will no longer be stuck with slow internet speeds as the UK government’s rollout of gigabit connectivity races ahead.
Project Gigabit is the government's programme to enable hard to reach communities to access fast, reliable gigabit-capable broadband.
BDUK wants to make best use of public funding and invest where commercial broadband suppliers would not otherwise go.
Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses will receive major internet speed upgrades, as the UK Government fixes the digital divide and powers up all regions of Britain.
Homes and businesses across Wales will no longer be stuck with slow internet speeds as the UK Government’s rollout of gigabit connectivity races ahead.
Around 11,000 Scottish homes and businesses to gain access to lightning-fast broadband.
This series brings together all documents relating to Broadband Performance Indicators
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Quickline a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 28,000 premises across West Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
BDUK has awarded Northern Ireland-based broadband provider Fibrus a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 60,000 premises in Cumbria with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
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