The Government has named the first six areas to take part in trials of full-fibre broadband, which can reach speeds of 1Gbps (1,000Mbps) â fast enough to download films in seconds.
Aberdeenshire, West Sussex, Coventry and Warwickshire, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester will receive the technology, though a date hasnât been announced.
The trials, which will cost ÂŁ10m, are the first part of a ÂŁ200m programme to stimulate the growth of the UKâs full-fibre broadband.
This kind of broadband, currently available to only two per cent of UK premises, is delivered on fibre cables directly to the door. This makes it much faster and reliable than fibre-to-thecabinet (FTTC) broadband, in which slower copper cables take over from a streetside cabinet to deliver broadbandâŠ
