Thousands of North Shropshire Homes to Miss Out on High Speed Internet Upgrades

Thousands of north Shropshire homes to miss out on high speed internet upgrades

Freedom Fibre had been contracted by the UK Government's Project Gigabit to connect 12,000 hard-to-reach properties in North Shropshire

MP demands answers as Freedom Fibre fails in North Shropshire

MP Helen Morgan is demanding urgent answers after it was revealed that a Government contract to deliver high-speed broadband to rural homes across North Shropshire will not be fulfilled.

Freedom Fibre Scales Back North Shropshire Project Gigabit Broadband Contract UPDATE

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has just announced that alternative network provider Freedom Fibre has had to scale back their £24m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out contract for North Shropshire (LOT 25.02 in England), which originally aimed to cover “around” 12,000 hard-to-reach rural homes (here). The provider, which only recently dropped out of their other £43m (state aid) Project Gigabit broadband roll-out co…