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27,914 businesses and homes are now able to access the fibre broadband network thanks to action by the Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire programme – the partnership between Nottinghamshire County Council, BT, government and local district councils.
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That’s an additional 9,143 homes and businesses since our last update back in December. Latest figures also show that 150 street cabinets are now fibre enabled.
In Cotgrave, the first ‘Exhange Only’ cabinet has gone live, giving a speedier, fibre based service to premises that connect direct to this local telephone exchange.
And people living in Orston, near Bingham, are now entering the online fast lane as they become the latest to get access to fibre broadband as part of the Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire (BBfN) programme.
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 The fibre broadband cabinet serving the village has become the 150th to go live in the county since the programme began in April last year, providing fibre broadband access for more than 250 properties in the village for the first time ever.
Councillor Diana Meale, Chair of the County Council’s Economic
Development Committee (centre front row) is pictured with (left) Paul Bimson BT
Regional Partnerships Director and (right) Peter Henson from Orston Parish
Council with (back row) Tony Benton and Shirley Oates from Orston Parish
Council and local resident John Lockwood at the switch on of Orston’s new fibre
cabinet.
We’re spreading the message about the great opportunities fibre broadband offers you to do more online.
In January, the Broadband Team attended the re-opening of Sutton Library and will be joining residents in Southwell to celebrate the re-opening of their local library in March. Why not come along and join us and find out more about what’s happening to bring fibre broadband to your area?
Pictured are Cotgrave residents who got involved in highlighting the arrival of fibre broadband to over 3,500 homes in the area.
We are regularly updating our postcode checker with live cabinet data and are committed to bringing you the most up to date and accurate information as possible at all times. Enter your postcode to find out whether it's included within the Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire programme, as well as indicative information for the phase it's included in.
Once your cabinet is ’live’ you will then be able to order fibre from your chosen Internet Service Provider.
Please remember: you won’t automatically benefit from the high speeds on offer from fibre broadband. You must talk to your Internet Service provider or search online for a new fibre broadband deal.
There are a range of independent comparison sites available to help you identify which package and deal is right for you. Some of the sites we have listed here:
Check our FAQs for additional information.
Fibre broadband is already available in: Arnold, Aslockton,
Averham, Beeston, Bingham, Bunny, Burton Joyce, Clipstone, Coddington,
Cotgrave, Collingham, Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, East Bridgford, East
Leaker, Edwinstowe, Epperstone, Farndon, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Halam, Hucknall,
Kelham, Kimberley, Kirkby in Ashfield, Lambley, Lowdham, Mansfield, Mansfield
Woodhouse, Misterton, Newark, New Ollerton, North Muskham, Orston, Pleasley,
Ranskill, Retford, Ruddington, Sandiacre, Shireoaks, Southwell, Sutton in
Ashfield, Sutton-on-Trent, Upton, Watnall, West Bridgford, Weston, Whatton,
Worksop.
We’re working closely with a number of other town and
parish councils across the county
including: Everton, Ranskill, Burton Joyce, Ollerton and Boughton,
Cropwell Bishop and Southwell. Our Broadband Engagement Officer will be getting
in touch with a number of other parishes and town councils as more and more
cabinets are fibre enabled within the Nottinghamshire area.
Over the last few weeks we have seen an increase in the amount of traffic coming to ‘like’ us on our Facebook page – going from 199 likes to 222. To our existing followers we’d like to say a huge thank you for supporting us and spreading the word within your community and business networks.
Facebook gives us the opportunity to provide you with updates, share pictures and promote general information about national broadband news and technology developments so please do keep spreading the work and let’s continue to build on this success.
Have you seen one of our new Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire cabinets? We’d love it if you posted a picture on our Facebook page with the hashtag #hugacabinet. So visit the page, ‘like’ us and join the discussions.
'Like' our Facebook page now
We are currently reviewing the Digital Champion Programme and will provide further updates and developments over the coming month. For everyone who has registered their interest we’d like to thank you and confirm that we will be in touch as soon as we commence this exciting activity.
We're still recruiting Digital Champions to provide local contact points of support for those looking to improve their IT skills and take advantage of the benefits of using the internet. Having someone available from the local community can really help encourage people to take their first steps into the digital world.
We would love to hear from you so if you can offer support, spare a few hours and become part of the digital champion network please do contact a member of the Broadband Enquiry Team and register your interest.
Email address to contact is: enquiries.broadband@nottscc.gov.uk
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