Faster broadband will roll-out in Staffordshire from April
High-speed broadband will be rolled out across Staffordshire from April, with 472,000 properties expected to be connected by 2016.
The announcement coincided with the launch of the new Superfast Staffordshire website to tell people when and where the faster-fibre broadband will be available.
The programme will see the laying of more than one million metres of fibre optic cable and more than 500 new broadband street-side cabinets across the county.
The first areas to benefit will be Colton near Cannock Chase and parts of Rugeley.
By 2016, 95 per cent of homes and businesses – roughly 472,000 premises – will have access to superfast broadband.
A further two per cent will have access to fibre-based broadband with the remainder having improved speeds using existing technology.
