DCMS Case Study - Thorpe Estate gets fibre broadband upgrade
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport recently used Thorpe Estate as a case study for their national gigabit broadband voucher scheme. The Estate would like to thank all the tenants who took part in the scheme and helped raise the £24,000 required to lay the new fibre infrastructure. We are delighted to announce all Estates premises are now connected, and can achieve speeds of up to 1000Mbps. Watch the video below to find out more:
Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher visited the Estate to view the completed work and commented:
“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we’ve been reminded of the importance of fast, reliable internet connections at home.
“Gigabit vouchers are funded by the Rural Connectivity Programme as part of the government’s commitment to ensure that everyone has access to a fast and reliable broadband connection and will ensure that rural communities can seize the benefits of new technology.
“The example that I have seen at the Thorpe Estate is a brilliant example. Well done to Tristan and to Hugh for driving this forward. My hope is that with other villages they can look to the work done here and see it as the example of doing it right.
“We have pledged to end the digital divide, and the investment at Thorpe is an important step to making that a reality locally. I am grateful to the County Council as they commit to pumping more money into the scheme, ensuring rural areas to receive that levelling up.”
Tristan Lillingston, Communications Director for Thorpe Estate added:
“I am so pleased to see the first hand benefits of fast broadband at Thorpe. We can now connect multiple devices, use video calling platforms efficiently and hold online meetings, all with no fear of dropping-out. Our business tenants are thrilled because of the added efficiencies they are seeing from fast, reliable internet, whilst our residents have given us exceptional feedback – particularly those whose children use a lot of data when playing their video games.
I would thoroughly recommend any other community taking the time to apply for this scheme; it really is worth the effort"
