Engineering work to connect three more North Lincolnshire communities to full fibre broadband is underway.
The town of Broughton and the villages of Goxhill and Scawby are the latest destinations to be reached by KCom’s award-winning network as the Hull-headquartered internet service provider’s engineers begin work to lay fibre cables there.
The decision to connect was taken after the surge of interest from local residents, showing a pent-up demand for quality broadband across North Lincolnshire.
Chief executive Dale Raneberg said: “I’m delighted to announce that work is now getting underway to give access to residents of Broughton, Goxhill and Scawby to our full fibre network.
“Before committing to build in each of these new communities we’ve listened very carefully to local people to gauge demand for our ultrafast broadband and we’ve been delighted by the huge amount of interest that’s been shown.
“We’ve said right from the beginning of our £100 million expansion programme that if communities want us, we will do our best to come - and we’ve been really encouraged by the amount of support we’ve received in North Lincolnshire.
“Our engineers will shortly be out and about in these communities undertaking the groundworks necessary to lay our fibre cable. Although this may lead to some short-term disruption, we always endeavour to keep this to a minimum and it will lead to long term benefits for the area.
“As part of the KCom family, customers in North Lincolnshire will be able to access ultrafast speeds on one of the UK’s best full fibre networks. This means they will be able to stream, surf, download and work from home better than ever before, which has become essential for many people in the past 12 months.”
Last year KCom announced that it would cross the Humber in a historic move to bring Lightstream broadband to the South Bank as part of its expansion programme. These three communities were confirmed in December.
It is now reaching households outside its traditional East Yorkshire heartland for the first time in its 117-year history by deploying ultrafast broadband, with Barton and Brigg the locations of the first 10,000 properties to benefit.
The company is now gauging interest in other towns and villages across the region and would like to hear from any communities who feel they could benefit from being connected to ultrafast broadband. Further announcements will be made later this summer.
Customers in Goxhill, Scawby and Broughton can register their interest in full fibre broadband by visiting www.kcomhome.com/preregister to be the first to find out when it’s available on their street.
