BT and Lincolnshire County Council have signed an agreement to bring superfast broadband to 88 percent of all premises in the county by the end of April 2015.
The £48 million Better Broadband Plan for Lincolnshire will connect almost all residents with minimum speeds of 2Mbps.
The council says that the rollout will benefit businesses and communities across Lincolnshire in what is being described as “the start of an exciting new era” for the region.
The project is the largest of its kind in the East Midlands and the sixth largest nationally. The council is providing £11.2 million, district authorities will supply £4 million and BT £18.8 million. The remaining £14.3 million will come from the government’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) initiative which provides funding for the rollout of fibre in areas where it is not commercially viable.
“It’s fantastic that for the first time, broadband will be available everywhere in Lincolnshire as the result of one of our largest super-fast broadband projects in the country,” said Communications Minister Ed Vaizey. “The UK already does more business online than any other European country, and widespread access to super-fast broadband will provide a tremendous boost to Lincolnshire’s local economy.”
BT was chosen following a “competitive selection process” and work will begin immediately with the first superfast connections available in January 2014. The company has won all of the funding available under BDUK so far.
It is also a partner of the Superfast Cornwall programme, which yesterday revealed a revised target of providing 95 percent of all properties in the country with access to superfast broadband.
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Hi I have been working on the bduk project down In Cornwall for the last 7 months I live in Lincoln and was looking to see a which contractors have been awarded the contract