- New data shows lightning-fast gigabit broadband now available for 70% of UK homes and businesses
- Prime Minister visits Dorset as first Project Gigabit contract awarded, putting more than 7,000 hard-to-reach properties in the digital fast lane by 2025
- Coverage has soared from seven per cent in 2019, meaning nearly 20m premises connected since the Prime Minister took office
The Prime Minister has announced a lightning-fast broadband boost for homes and businesses in rural Dorset, as new data shows gigabit broadband now available for 70% of UK homes and businesses.
It comes as work kicks off on the first major contract under the government’s £5 billion Project Gigabit – the biggest broadband roll out in British history.
New data to be published by independent website ThinkBroadband, shows 7 in 10 UK properties can access the fastest and most reliable internet connections needed for families and businesses to take full advantage of revolutionary new advances in technology in the coming decades.
This represents a meteoric rise since Prime Minister Boris Johnson took…
