Full Fibre Broadband coming soon in two more towns in Rural Dorset

A market town and a small parish in North Dorset are two more rural areas to get full fibre broadband this Autumn.

More than 8,000 homes and businesses are set to benefit from the expansion into both both Blandford and Sturminster Newton with download speeds up to 14x faster than the UK average. Work on the project will be undertaken in several phases, beginning in Autumn 2021 by Wessex Internet. 

The firm, which is dedicated to connecting hard-to-reach areas, has built an extensive fibre network that surrounds both areas plans to build from the outlying properties into these towns.

Director of Infrastructure Ludo Skinner said: “We recognise that the rollout in these areas will have a slightly different dynamic to our ultra-remote build and our teams have been working hard to plan for this new type of deployment as we expand our ever-growing capabilities. We are working now to on board additional build resource to carry out these larger deployments.”

Managing Director Hector Gibson Fleming said: "As a business focussing exclusively in our local region, our priority has always been to bring fast, reliable broadband to rural communities overlooked by other providers. We’ve seen significant interest from people in these towns who love our unbeatable connectivity and want to be covered too. Our local market towns play a vital role in creating a vibrant rural economy and we want to ensure their residents and businesses have access to fast, reliable connectivity.”