Superfast Broadband Comes to More Suffolk Homes

Better Broadband for Suffolk programme brings faster, more reliable connections to more than 100,000 families.

08:37 12 June 2020

Suffolk County Council has partnered with Openreach, the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (NALEP) and district councils to bring superfast, more reliable broadband connection to more than 100,000 Suffolk homes. 

 

The move brings the number of total superfast broadband coverage in Suffolk to more than 96per cent, with plans currently in place to cover additional 5,000 premises in some of the most rural parts of Suffolk. The work, which will be carried out by Openreach, is set to start soon and will continue until September 2022. 

 

Suffolk County Council leader Matthew Hicks said: "It is incredible to think that more than 100,000 homes and businesses in Suffolk are now using Superfast Broadband as a result of this project. 

 

"Faster and more reliable broadband is more important now with many of us using digital devices to stay in contact with family and friends or working from home. As Suffolk, and the rest of the UK, begin to move into the recovery phase, Superfast Broadband will continue to play a crucial role. 

 

"Our ambition has always been, and will always be, to achieve total Superfast Broadband coverage across Suffolk. With the new contract now being signed in the third phase of the programme, we are closer to realising that goal. This will mean that some of the most rural and hard to reach premises in Suffolk will enjoy equal or faster speeds than some major cities and towns across the UK."