Thousands more North Yorkshire homes to get faster broadband in Project Gigabit
East Yorkshire broadband provider Quickline is extending its Project Gigabit rollout, to 6,000 more homes and businesses across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
The expansion is backed by £11million of government funding, as part of its Project Gigabit scheme, which aims to deliver gigabit speeds to hard-to-reach areas.
The newly added premises are spread across all Quickline's existing Project Gigabit network including in West Yorkshire and the York area (Lot 8), North Yorkshire (Lot 31) and East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (Lot 23).
With this expansion, the total public investment in Quickline's full fibre rollout now exceeds £300 million, covering more than 170,000 premises.
Hull-based Quickline says the rollout is progressing rapidly across the whole of Yorkshire and most of Lincolnshire, with rural communities across all contracts gaining access to fast and reliable, full fibre broadband from Quickline every week.
Dan Hague, Project Delivery Director for Quickline, said: 'This is great news for people in underserved areas across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
'By refining our plans with the more recent data, we can extend our reach and connect even more homes and businesses to full fibre broadband where it's needed most.
'As a trusted regional delivery partner for the UK government, we're proud to play a key role in ensuring no community is left behind.'
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