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. So far CDS has provided access to “superfast broadband” to more than 300,000 additional premises, often in sparsely populated rural areas and over challenging terrain. 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. 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.