South Wiltshire village has region's best broadband coverage
Alderbury tops the South West list for fibre broadband supplies
A South Wiltshire village has come top of the list for the best broadband coverage in the South West.
Alderbury ranks the best for fibre broadband supplies, according to Openreach - with nine out of ten residents able to access ultra-fast internet speeds.
The list has been compiled at Openreach marks a milestone of connecting over a million homes and businesses in the South West with Full Fibre broadband.
Salisbury comes second on the regional coverage list, following its status as the UK's first city to be upgraded to full fibre.
Openreach’s partnership director for the South West, Martin Williams said:
“Our amazing engineers and build partners have done a wonderful job to help us reach this significant milestone.
“This Full Fibre upgrade is a huge boost for the South West. We’re adopting a balanced build, bringing ultrafast speeds to the region’s biggest cities and most rural and coastal communities – as this list proves.
“We’re not stopping at one million – and people in the South West should visit the Openreach website to see if they can upgrade to Full Fibre already, or see when we’re coming to their area.”