Eastbourne benefits from £26m optic fibre broadband project

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Stephen Emerson

Eastbourne will soon become one of the world’s best digitally connected cities, according to CityFibre, who have almost completed their fibre optic broadband rollout across the town.

Homes and businesses in Hampden Park, Ratton, Old Town and Upperton areas now have access to top of the range digital fibre infrastructure. Works to connect the Seafront area are ongoing.

The East Sussex town has benefitted from CityFibre’s £4bn Gigabit City investment programme to enhance existing broadband infrastructure. In Eastbourne alone, CityFibre is investing £26m to make it one of the world’s best digitally connected communities.

Full fibre networks use 100% fibre optic cables to carry data at lightning speed from point of use to point of connection. This gives internet users consistently faster speeds for upload and download (up to 1,000 Mbps) and near limitless bandwidth while providing reliable connectivity

Full fibre broadband coverage of Eastbourne is expected to be completed by 2024.

CityFibre are the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform. Eastbourne broadband customers can now sign up to TalkTalk and Zen, with Vodafone, No One and Surf Fibre set to go live soon, while additional internet service providers are expected to join the network in the future.

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Adrian Smith, CityFibre’s City Manager for Eastbourne, said: “Reaching this latest milestone means residents can now start to benefit from this digital investment that will future-proof their connectivity for decades to come and we would like to thank them for their patience during this project.”

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Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset. Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users. He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.