Work to bring faster internet speeds to homes and businesses is now taking place in every telephone exchange area in Caerphilly County Borough through the Welsh Government’s Superfast Cymru programme.
The latest communities to benefit are Senghenydd and Machen where engineering work is now taking place and the first cabinets have already started going ‘live’, enabling people to order superfast broadband.
All eleven exchange areas in the local authority area now have engineers from BT’s local network business, Openreach, connecting premises to faster broadband speeds. Work will now be ongoing in the area to bring superfast broadband to even more homes and businesses.
Superfast Cymru, a partnership between the Welsh Government, UK Government, the European Regional Development Fund and BT, is rolling out superfast broadband to areas which would otherwise not receive it.
Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Julie James said: “This is good news for Caerphilly as work is now taking place across the local authority, bringing superfast broadband to premises in every exchange area.
“The Superfast Cymru programme is making excellent progress in bringing fast fibre across Wales, often in difficult and challenging conditions. The programme also highlights the benefits of European funding to Wales and is an example of how this funding is making a real difference on the ground.”
Ed Hunt, Superfast Cymru programme director for BT, said: “This is fantastic news for the people living and working in the county of Caerphilly.”
““We have completed more than 75% of our roll out across the local authority. Now that the network is well on its way to being completed I would urge homes and businesses to place their order with an internet service provider so that they can start taking advantage of these new superfast speeds.”
So far, more than 425,000 homes and businesses have access to fibre broadband in Wales as a result of the Superfast Cymru programme.
Funding of £205m has been provided by the Welsh Government, the UK Government and the European Regional Development Fund, with BT contributing a further £220m to deliver fibre across Wales via its commercial rollout and the Superfast Cymru programme.
Households and businesses which want to take advantage of the benefits of fast fibre broadband should contact an internet service provider (ISP) of their choice to place an order.