Gavin Williamson, MP for South Staffordshire, has welcomed the advances in Superfast Staffordshire’s roll-out programme in Perton.
More than 200 homes and businesses in Perton are now able to access high-speed fibre broadband thanks to the Superfast Staffordshire programme, lead partners Staffordshire County Council and BT announced this week.
Areas of South Staffordshire have received a boost with the arrival of faster fibre broadband several weeks earlier than expected.
So far more than 65,000 premises across the county are able to access faster fibre broadband as a result of the Superfast Staffordshire roll-out. It builds on BT’s commercial roll-out which has already enabled around 340,000 county homes and businesses to access high-speed fibre broadband.
Ian Binks, BT’s regional manager for Staffordshire and the West Midlands, said: “Superfast Staffordshire is a major engineering programme and the roll-out is going extremely well. Sometimes engineers encounter unexpected blockages or other challenges whilst working underground, and that’s always factored into our schedule. However, here in Perton it was the opposite – this part of the roll-out has gone so well, we’ve been able to complete the upgrade work earlier than originally planned.
“Every day we’re seeing how residents and businesses alike are benefitting from upgrading to faster fibre broadband. Whether it’s small businesses or homeworkers needing to share large amounts of information with their colleagues, customers and suppliers, who families wanting to connect different devices to the internet at the same time – everything is easier and faster with high-speed fibre broadband. And coming in the run-up to Christmas, we hope it will come as an added boost for local people wanting to do more of their shopping online.”
The news was welcomed by Gavin during a visit to see first-hand how the roll-out is going and commented, “It is great to see how well the roll-out has gone in Perton. I’d like to thank Superfast Staffordshire for all the work they have done getting these additional homes and businesses connected earlier than the scheduled date and I’m looking forward to seeing more of South Staffordshire getting connected.”
People can follow the progress of the roll-out via the Superfast Staffordshire website: www.superfaststaffordshire.co.uk