In a phone call from the Openreach Delivery Team in March, I was told that implementation is expected by the end of May, with some properties connected before then. Some people will have seen Openreach start the cabling work and others may have been contacted directly by the contractors. Each property that signed up to the Openreach scheme and committed their voucher will be contacted individually by Openreach or their network provider once they are connected. I undertstand that properties on the route that did not sign up will not be connected initially, but should contact their service provider if they wish to be connected.
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I have been advised by Openreach that the project has now been passed to the Delivery Team. We are unlikely to hear much for around 6 months while they add it to their schedule and plan the resources and programme. They expect this phase to take around 10-12 months which would mean the cables would be laid in the Autumn/winter of 2021 and the ultrafast broadband should be available to sign up to sometime during the period December 2021-February 2022.
Many thanks to the Parish Council for publicising this, to Julian Beauchamp for encouraging the last few sign ups and to everyone who has pledged their vouchers, we have now reached our target as you can see below. More news on next steps will be posted once we hear from Openreach. Watch this space.
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Author: Isobel H-SCommunity project leader |