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Isle of Wight Broadband

BT were chosen in September 2013 as the preferred bidder for the Isle of Wight Rural Broadband Project.

A budget of £3m was approved for the project which was due for completion in September 2015.

The project was completed in August 2016 with a £1.7m underspend.

Below are some of the articles covering the subject.

Shirley Smart and Peter Cowen - BT Rural Broadband Exchange

7, July 2014·3 min read

First rural broadband project cabinets being installed on the Isle of Wight

Following the announcement made by the council in May, the first rural broadband cabinets are now being installed to serve properties in Shorwell and Shalfleet.

27, August 2014·3 min read

First rural broadband cabinet goes live today

The first cabinet to be fully connected as part of the Isle of Wight’s multi-million pound rural superfast fibre broadband project has now gone live, it has been announced today (Wednesday 27 August).

23, September 2014·2 min read

WightFibre to smash through BT’s broadband speeds says CEO

The volume of Internet traffic enjoyed by WightFibre customers at peak times has grown over 200% since the company re-launched as WightFibre in July 2012. They're about to receive even faster speeds with the latest upgrade.

6, November 2014·1 min read

Will Island farmers be left behind because of slow or non-existent broadband?

An Inquiry has been launched into the rollout of rural broadband as the Government introduce 'digital by default' for agricultural support payment applications.

6, March 2015·1 min read

‘Criminal activity’ against Click4Internet claimed

Click4Internet has just claimed they have been subject to 'criminal activity' following a prolonged service outage. WightFibre claimed similar yesterday.

27, May 2015·2 min read

Rural broadband project hits 12,000 premises milestone

New fibre broadband cabinets are continuing to be installed in locations across the Island.

Minature broadband cabinet at Godshill Model Village - IWC

13, August 2015·1 min read

Miniature broadband cabinet installed in Godshill Model Village

Some clever stick came up with the rather smart idea of installing a miniature broadband cabinet in Godshill famous model village to mark a close-to 16,000 homes on the Island with 'fibre' broadband.

17, December 2015·2 min read

Isle of Wight rural broadband project nears 20,000 premises milestone

The council say more than 18,600 homes and businesses in mainly rural areas of the Isle of Wight now have access to faster fibre broadband speeds as a result of the Island’s rural broadband project.

25, May 2016·2 min read

Isle of Wight has 99% fibre broadband coverage says council

109 rural fibre broadband cabinets have ‘gone live’ around the Island. This combined with the 51,000 premises reached by the private sector means the Island now has 99 per cent fibre coverage.

1, November 2016·1 min read

Isle of Wight Rural Broadband Project delivered £1.7m under budget

The Isle of Wight council says that not only have all contractual conditions been met by BT, but that the project has been delivered £1.7m under budget.

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