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.
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.
We'd been hearing mutterings for a week or so of a deal between Isle of Wight Wireless provider Click4Internet and Wightfibre. OnTheWight now had the details ...
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.
In a letter to all coastal MPs, the Government pledge £1m to unlock the potential of seaside towns. The new coastal teams will create jobs, bring business and help local economies thrive.
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).
A mix of major savings and key initiatives to stimulate the economy are being proposed in the Isle of Wight Council’s budget strategy report for the next three years.
The councillor says he's sorry Island contractors were not in the mix and that he'd welcome plans to help Island companies get Island contracts in the future.