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Bournemouth to lead on broadband
Bournemouth is to be the first UK town to embrace a new way of getting broadband - via fibre optics in the sewers.
Work is to start in September, but residents and businesses will be invited to get connected for free this week by H2O Networks, who are funding and installing the necessary cables at a cost of £30 million.
Anyone who signs up will be able to use Fibre to the home (FTTH) technology to send and receive data and businesses in the Bournemouth area will have a distinct advantage over those in the rest of the country.
The work is expected to take two years and because the sewer systems are being used installation costs are reduced which should be reflected in the price for the end user.
'Bournemouth is incredibly privileged to have been chosen as the UK's first Fibrecity,' said Councillor Nick King, according to the Institute of Commercial Management website.
'This decision is a giant leap forward and gives us a real competitive advantage.
'Bournemouth really needs to embrace the many advantages that being a Fibrecity will bring and I am sure it will bring massive rewards to all homes and businesses that sing up to the services that this network will enable.
Dundee is the next place in the UK on H2O's list, with 55,000 homes in the next six months.
Anyone who signs up will be able to use Fibre to the home (FTTH) technology to send and receive data and businesses in the Bournemouth area will have a distinct advantage over those in the rest of the country.
The work is expected to take two years and because the sewer systems are being used installation costs are reduced which should be reflected in the price for the end user.
'Bournemouth is incredibly privileged to have been chosen as the UK's first Fibrecity,' said Councillor Nick King, according to the Institute of Commercial Management website.
'This decision is a giant leap forward and gives us a real competitive advantage.
'Bournemouth really needs to embrace the many advantages that being a Fibrecity will bring and I am sure it will bring massive rewards to all homes and businesses that sing up to the services that this network will enable.
Dundee is the next place in the UK on H2O's list, with 55,000 homes in the next six months.
See the original article on BCS.org
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