BT’s Fiber-Optic Broadband Services Benefit Eight Cornwall Communities

Telecom giant, BT announced that it has deployed high-speed broadband services throughout the United Kingdom. According to the company, the broadband services, valued at £132 million, would first benefit eight Cornish communities namely Stenalees, Par, Devoran, St Day, Portreath, St Agnes, Chiverton Cross and Leedstown that will obtain high-speed internet connections in the forthcoming five months.

The fiber-optic broadband project is backed up by EU's Convergence Programme that plans to link 80% to 90% of businesses and houses in the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. Over 10,000 businesses and homes in the regions covered by the broadband project will have access to the broadband service by March 2011.

According to a BT spokesperson, the company, which is dishing out £78.5 million for the project, would include alternative technologies such as satellite and wireless broadband services. The alternate technologies would offer high-speed internet services to the rural regions.

BT will also roll out broadband services across the Duchy of Cornwall. The fiber-optic broadband project is managed by Cornwall Development Company, an economic development arm of the Cornwall Council. Nearly 4,000 new jobs are likely to be created by the high-speed broadband services within the Duchy.