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BT continues high speed broadband rollout in Tees Valley

More than 130 households in Tees Valley community Meridian Way are set to benefit from high-speed broadband, as BT continues to modernise the digital infrastructure of the area.

Openreach, BT’s local network business, will install new fibre optic cabling and Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology for the project which will also include adjoining roads in Stockton-on-Tees.

The cost of delivering the new technology has been covered by investment from the residents themselves and Openreach, as the housing development is not included in any current fibre broadband roll-out plans.

The co-funded deal at Meridian Way is expected to see the first residents get fibre broadband speeds of up to 80 Mbps within the next 12 months.

Simon Roberson, BT’s North East regional partnership director, said: “Our ambition is to ‘never say no’ to any community that wants superfast broadband, and we’re really pleased we found a way forward in Meridian Way which testifies to that approach. We’re keen to have conversations with other communities who might benefit from this approach.”

Kim Mears, Openreach’s managing director for infrastructure delivery, said: “It is great to be able to work with communities like Meridian Way to find a fibre broadband solution. We’re working on hundreds of similar community fibre partnership programmes across the UK, which are bringing faster fibre internet access to even more homes and businesses.”

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