Bentley, Crondall, Horndean, Liss, Elstead and Farnham are in line for improved broadband following Openreach’s announcement that it is upgrading services in 44 cities, towns and villages across Surrey, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Martin Williams, Openreach’s south-east regional director, said: “This is a huge infrastructure success story across the region and we plan to build even further across the region, to more cities and towns, and our most rural communities.
“We won’t be stopping either. We plan to build even further across the region, to more cities and towns, and our most rural communities.
“And our engineers, of which 4,800 live in the region, are doing this at a rapid pace - despite this being a hugely complex engineering project.”
Full fibre is also known as Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) and uses weatherproof fibre optic cable which is more reliable than copper wire, particularly in rainy weather.
The work is part of Openreach’s £15 billion project to upgrade the UK’s broadband infrastructure, and the aim is to reach 25 million homes and businesses by the end of 2026, including 6.2 million in more remote and rural areas.
There is an online map and postcode checker which can be used to check if full fibre is available in a given area and details are available at: www.openreach.com/fibre-checker/