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Openreach boosts broadband in LancashireBroadband World News, , 7/22/2020
LONDON – An Openreach pledge to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in several market towns and villages across the North West has become a reality in the Lancashire communities of Parbold, Newburgh, Burscough, Hesketh Bank, Becconsall and Tarleton. Nearly 7,000 homes and businesses across the six locations can now access 'full fibre' broadband speeds of up to one gigabit per second (1000Mbps) – that's more than 15 times faster than today’s UK average broadband speed. As designated key workers, Openreach engineers have been hard at work throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, building the new network that uses the latest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology – where fibre optic cables are laid all the way from the local telephone exchange to people’s front doors. And in the coming months a further 3,800 homes and business are also set to benefit as engineers continue installing the cables and infrastructure required. |
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