The government has approved a bid to extend £18.7m ($24.8m) of public funding to continue to support the rollout of superfast broadband in Devon and Somerset until March 2023. A report by Ofcom said that while there was “strong evidence” for faster speeds on some parts of the network, it had not been possible to prove whether they were available across all areas or not. Infracapital, the new owner of Gigaclear, has made significant changes to remedy the situation and proposed a revised rollout plan with a June 2022 end date. The revised plan has yet to be approved by Connecting Devon and Somerset.
The government has approved a bid to extend £18.7m ($24.8m) of public funding to continue to support the rollout of superfast broadband in Devon and Somerset until March 2023. The extension of the funding was necessary due to Gigaclear falling behind schedule by as much as two years in some areas. Infracapital, the new owner of Gigaclear, has made significant changes to remedy the situation and proposed a revised rollout plan with a June 2022 end date. The revised plan has yet to be approved by Connecting Devon and Somerset.