800 homes and businesses in Whittlesford and Little Shelford connected to full fibre broadband

A full fibre broadband connection has been completed for 800 rural residents and business owners in Whittlesford and Little Shelford.

Work to connect the villages began in July 2023 when technicians from telecoms company Gigaclear started extending its network from Great Abington using fibre optic cables.

They have been going street-to-street either digging new trenches or using existing infrastructure such as poles and ducting in order to reach each property.

Senior project manager Vikki Ellis said Gigaclear is working hard to ensure rural communities such as Whittlesford can access the same fast and reliable full fibre broadband enjoyed by larger urban areas.

She said: “Taking our full fibre to rural communities that might otherwise have copper or an inferior part fibre broadband connection fundamentally changes them for the better because it creates choice for the people in those communities about how they work and how they live their lives.”

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