Buckinghamshire fibre broadband on its way, says project leader

The man behind an initiative that is set to introduce fibre optic broadband access to the majority of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire says the project is making good progress.

Chris Rawson, who is the Project Leader of Connected Counties, claims the scheme is around 60 per cent complete after workers moved in to lay underground infrastructure that will facilitate the superfast service.

The project builds on a commercial rollout by service provider BT. It is expected the combination of the two programmes will bring a next generation service to 90 per cent of the two regions by the end of 2016.

According to getbucks, however, areas such as Cholesbury and The Lee are unlikely to receive a next-generation connection as part of the project - but they will be guaranteed speeds of 2Mbps through their existing networks.

Mr Rawson said: "I'm not sure of the rationale for that. I don't know whether it’s population density, line length, line density or other variables. As soon as I get that information, I'll share it.”