In a bid to improve the broadband infrastructure in the UK, the government introduced the Broadband Delivery UK program.
Through BDUK, the government hopes to provide universal broadband services with speeds of at least 2Mbps to the entire country.
Aside from that, it hopes to bring next-generation broadband technology to ninety percent of users by the year 2015.
In line with this, it has been revealed that Lancashire just signed a deal to roll out broadband in several rural areas.
They will be using funds provided by the government in their project, which they will be undertaking alongside BT Broadband.
The UK government is hoping to make the state of rural broadband better through initiatives like this.
BT is planning to expand the existing fibre broadband in the area to 97% of the premises by the year 2014.
The broadband giant will be putting in 30 million, while the government is contributing 10.8 million in funds.
The Lancashire county council (LCC) said that the project can boost the economy and give rise to 2,500 jobs while protecting 1,200 other jobs in the coming years.
The leader of the Lancashire County Council, Geoff Driver, stated: Today our ambition to provide Lancashire citizens and business with a world-class broadband service turns into a reality.
It is important that as many areas as possible benefit, and that is why we have ensured that even the more remote areas of the county see a significant improvement in their speeds.
Bill Murphy who is the managing director of Next Generation Access from BT Broadband, added: It’s great to see Lancashire be first out of the BDUK starting blocks in this regional race for speed.
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