Pinxton to benefit from Openreach's huge broadband upgrade

Full fibre is heading to more than 16,000 homes and businesses in the county - including in Pinxton. 

Homes and businesses in Pinxton will join people living in Ashover, Eckington, Hulland Ward and Tideswell as they are next in line for full fibre.

They join more than one million homes and businesses across the East Midlands who already have access to the UK's most reliable broadband technology, thanks to Openreach's work.

Across the UK, the company has published updated plans (opens in a new window) to build full fibre broadband to a record 517 more locations - covering a further 2.7 million homes and businesses (figure refers to expected build in these exchange areas).

Kasam Hussain, regional director for the Midlands, said: "This is a huge infrastructure success. No company is building faster or further in Europe, that we're aware of.

"We won't be stopping either. We plan to build even further across the region, to more cities and towns, and our most rural communities. And our engineers, of which more than 1,600 live in the region, are doing this at a rapid pace despite this being a hugely complex engineering project.

"Our fibre checker has the latest information about our work in your area. It's also worth noting that upgrades aren't automatic. Once full fibre is available where you live, you'll need to place an order to get connected and we'll do the rest!

"Openreach's network offers the widest choice of providers such as BT, Sky, Talk Talk, Vodafone and Zen - which means people have lots of choice and can get a great deal."

The work is all part of Openreach's £15 billion project to upgrade the UK's broadband infrastructure - making gigabit-capable technology available to 25 million homes and businesses by the end of 2026, including 6.2 million in harder to reach more remote and rural areas.

Openreach has also refreshed its online map and postcode checker (opens in a new window) to give a clearer, regularly updated view of its plans and progress between now and 2026.

The map now shows the levels of current and future expected full fibre coverage as of today, taking data from all of its build programmes, whilst the postcode checker continues to offer the most personalised view of the connectivity available to an individual home or business.

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