Gigaclear scores the Battle of Epping Forest
 

Fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has won the Battle of Epping Forest to deploy a network in Epping Forest as part of Superfast Essex’s Rural Challenge Project

The Essex project will cost £7.5 million and is part of a deal signed with Superfast Essex, Essex Council’s Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme.

Superfast Essex wants to connect 65,000 properties at a cost of £24.6m during the first phase of the scheme. So far it has managed over half this with a year left to run.

Phase 2a was won by BT which will add 51,000 properties at a cost of £18.9m and will begin in 2016.

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