North Yorkshire County Council - owned company NYnet has partnered with SCD Group to begin the first phase of a £ 15.1 m ( $ 19.4 m ) full fibre network for the county 's public sector customers . Further down the road this can sometimes enable other operators – like Cityfibre (Vodafone) – to more easily come in and build new Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) style broadband ISP networks for local residents and businesses (i.e. this part tends to require commercial investment). It is the latest alt - net to emerge in the UK , and was among the winners of the Department for Digital , Culture , Media and Sport ’s local full fibre networks challenge fund . Scarborough and Easingwold are set to be the first towns to be connected , followed by Malton and Pickering in the following weeks .
North Yorkshire County Council - owned company NYnet has partnered with SCD Group to begin the first phase of a £ 15.1 m ( $ 19.4 m ) full fibre network for the county 's public sector customers . It is the latest alt - net to emerge in the UK , and was among the winners of the Department for Digital , Culture , Media and Sport ’s local full fibre networks challenge fund . Scarborough and Easingwold are set to be the first towns to be connected , followed by Malton and Pickering in the following weeks .