How does it work?

The Technology

Gigabit capable Fibre Broadband utilises a technology called Fibre-to-the-Premises, also known as FTTP. This technology brings fibre optic cable directly to your premises from the telephone exchange, through existing underground ducts and telegraph poles (where possible).

This results in a much higher speed capability, unlike Superfast Broadband which uses a technology called Fibre-to-the-Cabinet, or FTTC, where the fibre optic cable stops at the roadside cabinet where the remainder of cable to your premises is still copper, or normal Broadband which uses a technology called ADSL, where all of the link from the exchange to your house is copper (and slow).

The Project

Romsley Fibre is launching a community-led project to roll out fibre-to-the-premises to a part of the Romsley area.

This project will be at no extra cost to residents!

This roll out will be funded with a government grant scheme, known as the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. However, residents and businesses do not need to apply for the voucher themselves. Just register your interest on this website and once we have enough support and therefore enough voucher pledges to meet the cost of the build, we will handle claiming the vouchers on behalf of residents and businesses and we will start the build of the fibre-to-the-premises infrastructure with Openreach. Once the infrastructure is built, residents and businesses that registered their interest will need to sign up to a broadband package on the new infrastructure.

Diagram Credit: Kingsbrook Park Community Fibre