More than 127,000 homes and businesses are now able to order faster speeds, thanks to the county council’s multi-million pound Connecting Cumbria partnership with BT and Openreach, the UK’s largest telephone and broadband network.
And after it was also announced (Tuesday 9 October 2018) that more than half of premises included have already taken the decision to sign-up to a fibre connection, local MP Trudy Harrison was one of the first to congratulate the broadband partnership for their work to bring faster and more reliable broadband into some of Copeland’s most rural areas.
Trudy Harrison MP, said: “It is encouraging that 93 per cent of premises are now able to access superfast broadband. Having access to faster broadband is incredibly important for our local economy, as well as for the many small businesses in our communities and those who live and visit the area, especially now, as a World Heritage Site.
“However, there is still work to do, particularly in the more rural areas. Thanks to the hard work, and success so far, of the Connecting Cumbria partnership, we’re seeing funds being reinvested into extending the reach of superfast broadband even further.”
