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Connecting Shropshire (Broadband for Shropshire)

  • Broadband
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About the project

£5.022m Local Growth Fund was awarded as part of a £15.3m project to address market failure in broadband connectivity particularly in rural areas in Shropshire through fixed and wireless broadband infrastructure.

The aim is for 97% of premises in Shropshire to have access to superfast broadband.

This project will upgrade broadband provision to 64,328, including 51,792 premises with superfast broadband, 9,988 receiving a fibre connection of greater than 2mbps, and 2,548 having access to a basic level of broadband (at least 2mbps).

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£5.022 million Growth Deal 2 investment

Over 64,000 premises have been given access to superfast broadband

Over 500km of fibre optic cable deployed and over 500 structures (transmitters, cabinets, etc) built

The aim is for 97% of premises in Shropshire to have access to superfast broadband
Roadside construction taking place
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Project milestones

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