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£1.7m Under Budget – BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Rollout on the Isle of Wight

A new report has revealed that the joint £6.5m Broadband Delivery UK and Isle of Wight Council project to expand the coverage of BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network on the Isle of Wight (resides just off England’s central south coast) has come in under budget to the tune of £1.7m+.

The roll-out, which completed in May 2016, aimed to extend the reach of “fibre broadband” to 99% of homes and business on the island (i.e. around 95% coverage of 24Mbps+ “superfast broadband“). This contract was originally funded by £1,423,197 from BT and £4,980,000 of public investment from the local authority and BDUK.

Overall the new report confirms that 109 new ‘up to’ 40-80Mbps capable FTTC Street Cabinets have gone live as part of the effort and some 20,254 premises benefited. As a result some 779 of those premises can theoretically receive a speed of between 24-30Mbps, while 3,880 could get 30-50Mbps and 13,421 are able to have upwards of 50Mbps+. Sadly 2,174 of those in the intervention area will only get sub-24Mbps speeds.