Fastershire and Gigaclear are set to begin the rollout of a new ultrafast broadband network in Ledbury.
The rollout is part subsidised by Fastershire, Herefordshire Council’s partnership with Gloucestershire County Council to bring faster broadband to the two counties, however, the majority of the new network in Ledbury is a result of a significant commercial investment by Gigaclear.
Earlier this year Gigaclear announced plans to increase its commercial rollout in the county and reach more properties and as a result, the supplier now intends to cover all of the market town.
Gigaclear specialise in Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband which is the newest form of fibre broadband technology. Also referred to as full fibre, this technology is able to provide gigabit access and download and upload speeds up a 1000mpbs to each property.
To deliver the network in Ledbury, Gigaclear will be working with a new partner, Full Fibre Limited.
Fastershire has helped increase superfast coverage (30mbps or above) to over 92% of properties according the latest figures from ThinkBroadband, but in doing so, has also helped increase the coverage of the new Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) technology.
Currently 26% of properties in Herefordshire can access ultrafast FTTP broadband, which is more than double the national average.