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Herts and Bucks awarded £3.07m to support roll-out of superfast broadband

Residents and businesses across Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire can expect to see their broadband speeds soar over the next few years, after the government announced on 16th February 2012 that it has approved a joint application, from Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils, for £3.07m funding to support the roll-out of superfast broadband across both counties.

The announcement moves Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils a step closer to rolling out next generation broadband to communities and businesses by 2015.
Over the upcoming months, a variety of activities will get underway working towards procurement later in the year, focused on extending the coverage of superfast infrastructure. The dual county project will then be put out to tender to bidding suppliers, with groundwork expected to begin in 2013.

The government, through its Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) initiative, is investing £530m nationally to ensure the UK has the best super-fast broadband network in Europe by 2015. It wants every UK resident to be able to access 2Mbps broadband speeds and 90 percent of the country to get super-fast broadband, defined by Ofcom as 30mpbs. Both Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire are hoping to exceed these targets, through the delivery of this joint project.

From BDUK's funding pot, the county councils have been awarded £3.07m, of which Hertfordshire will receive £1.11m and Buckinghamshire £1.96m. These amounts will be supplemented by substantial contributions from councils in both counties and the private sector.

It is expected that the procurement programme will begin later this year, with both counties inviting tenders from suppliers through a government framework. It is anticipated that physical implementation of the superfast broadband network will begin by mid-2013.

For more information about how you can get superfast broadband in Hertfordshire, please go to our Superfast Broadband website.

Should you wish to compare broadband prices in your area, there are a selection of OfCOM accredited comparison websites in the 'External links' area below.

Central Government have defined Superfast Broadband as "having a potential headline access speed of 30Mbps, with no upper limit"

N.B. If you are a BT customer you may be able to increase your broadband speed whilst you await next generation services - see the BT broadband accelerator pages.