Gigaclear , an Oxfordshire - based broadband provider started in 2010 whose mission is to deliver high - speed fibre broadband to rural communities , is expected to connect an additional 100 properties in 2016 , financed in part through an £ 18 m debt facility from the European Central Bank , the largest loan of its kind awarded to a UK company . The loan, the largest of its kind awarded to a UK company, will support Gigaclear’s fibre broadband expansion during 2016. In 2014 , the broadband firm secured its first institutional investor , Fortress Investment Management , and last year the Prudential . Gigaclear currently offers up to 1,000 Megabits per second , with trials of 500 Megabits per second starting last November . The company plans a network in 5 years running at 10 Gigabits per second and in 10 years as much as 100 Gigabits per second .
Gigaclear , an Oxfordshire - based broadband provider started in 2010 whose mission is to deliver high - speed fibre broadband to rural communities , is expected to connect an additional 100 properties in 2016 , financed in part through an £ 18 m debt facility from the European Central Bank , the largest loan of its kind awarded to a UK company . In 2014 , the broadband firm secured its first institutional investor , Fortress Investment Management , and last year the Prudential . Gigaclear currently offers up to 1,000 Megabits per second , with trials of 500 Megabits per second starting last November . The company plans a network in 5 years running at 10 Gigabits per second and in 10 years as much as 100 Gigabits per second .