Borders Broadband
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GFirst is working hard to attract high-speed internet service providers to rural Gloucestershire to benefit businesses, individuals and communities.
We are a key partner in the Borders Broadband project. The project has Government funds to attract commercial telecoms suppliers to provide the infrastructure needed for high-speed internet services. It is anticipated work will start next summer, initially in the Forest of Dean and south Herefordshire.
But additional major private sector investment is vital to the success of the project and to roll it out further across rural Gloucestershire.
To persuade the private sector that investment in rural broadband infrastructure is commercially viable, we must demonstrate real demand for high-speed broadband.
The Borders Broadband project is a major opportunity for Gloucestershire to be at the forefront of the UK’s economic recovery. Living and working in an idyllic rural environment while accessing some of the best broadband coverage in the country has the potential to transform Gloucestershire's economy by increasing the productivity of local business and attracting new companies.
Find out more about the Borders Broadband project by reading the latest Briefing Notes, press releases and FAQs below or if you want to be kept in the picture please email bordersbroadband@herefordshire.gov.uk
Find out more about Borders Broadband:
Background information:
Borders Broadband Information Sheet - Autumn 2011
Borders Broadband Briefing Note No.3 - 10/11/11
Borders Broadband Briefing Note No. 2 - 22/08/11
Borders Broadband Briefing Note No.1 - 1/5/11
Borders Broadband FAQs
Press releases:
Response to national story - Broadband on track for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire - press release - 09/12/2011
Gloucestershire parishes and market towns back broadband campaign – press release – 25/11/2011
Cotswolds communities join campaign for rural broadband – press release – 09/11/11
Businesses: Make the case for high-speed broadband - press release 10/10/11
Rural high-speed broadband campaign - survey launched - press release 10/10/11
Call for local volunteers to champion rural broadband - press release 19/8/11
Gloucestershire ahead in race for rural broadband – press release 16/8/11
Better broadband for rural Gloucestershire a big step closer – press release 26/5/11