MORE than 1,000 residents and businesses in Stalbridge are now able to access fast broadband.

Engineers completed work to extend a full fibre connection to residents this month.

Work to connect the town began when engineers from telecoms company Gigaclear started extending its network from Henstridge and Milborne Port using fibre optic cables.

They have been going street to street, either digging new trenches or using existing infrastructure such as poles and ducting in order to reach each property.

Senior project manager Glynn Richardson said Gigaclear is working hard to ensure rural communities such as Stalbridge can access the same fast and reliable full fibre broadband enjoyed by larger urban areas.

“Taking our full fibre to rural communities that might otherwise have copper or an inferior part fibre broadband connection fundamentally changes them for the better because it creates choice for the people in those communities about how they work and how they live their lives,” he said.

Click here to check access to Gigaclear’s full fibre broadband.

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