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September 2018 update
News from Connecting Shropshire on the following: Programme update Contract 3 update – Airband Contract 2 update – Openreach 90% superfast broadband coverage in the Shropshire Council area Broadband availability on new housing developments Broadband grants available to eligible businesses – …
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme
The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme supports the cost of installing full fibre broadband connections direct to businesses for the fastest and most reliable gigabit-capable broadband speeds available. Through the scheme SMEs can claim up to £3,000 against the cost of …
SWS continues to expand its broadband network across Shropshire
Secure Web Services (SWS) has recently commissioned additional fibre backhaul in the Corvedale valley to extend its broadband coverage to thousands more properties in south Shropshire. Two similar fibre nodes, adding further coverage, are expected to be commissioned over the …
Business broadband grant
£25,000 grant provides ultrafast broadband connection for Shropshire business. Gwaza Ltd will soon become the first business in the Shropshire Council area to benefit from a dedicated grant, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Shropshire Council. The £25,000 …
Government introduce a Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme
In the Spring Statement, the government committed to a vision of a full fibre Britain. As part of this commitment, a £67 million Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme was announced. Gigabit broadband vouchers can be used by small and medium-sized businesses, …
Connecting Shropshire: 60-second briefing
What is it? Connecting Shropshire is a £45m programme to bring faster broadband to all parts of the Shropshire Council area where private companies are not going to provide it as part of their current commercial plans. We invest money …
Airband – first customer connected
Airband has announced that the first customer on the Connecting Shropshire project has gone live in Tong, near Shifnal, Shropshire. The project, part of the UK Government’s superfast broadband rollout and supported by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership, is part …
January 2018 update
The latest programme update providing information on: Contract 3 update Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme – extended Broadband grants available to eligible businesses To view, please click on the hyperlink title of this post or paste this …
Connecting Shropshire announces £11.2m broadband contract
On Monday 10 July 2017, Connecting Shropshire announced that Airband Community Internet Ltd will be the delivery partner for the next phase of Shropshire Council’s superfast broadband programme. Since 2002, Airband has been providing high-speed wireless broadband access to rural …
July 2017 update
The latest update providing details of the outcome of the phase 2b procurement is now on the website. To view, please click on the hyperlink title of this post or paste this link into your web browser: /wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170710-Monthly-update-July-2017.pdf