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Dundee to benefit from superfast broadband
Thursday 22nd January 2009, by Daniel King
Businesses and households in Dundee could see an end to "slow and unreliable" broadband speeds with the advance of a new fibre-optic project.
Fibrecity plans to roll out a new £30 million network that will enable access to more than 70,000 consumers.
People in the area are being invited to connect to the service for free as part of a 12-month opt-in campaign to raise awareness of the project.
Users in the city will benefit from speeds of up to ten times faster than most standard services.
This could enable them to take advantage of quicker download speeds, as well as a number of services including internet protocol television, home automation and remote home security.
Elfed Thomas, chief executive officer of Fibrecity's parent group H2O Networks Group, said the organisation is "leading the way" in seeking to eradicate slow and unreliable services.
The scheme will be Scotland's largest fibre to the home network when it is rolled out and representatives of Dundee welcomed the plans.
Convener of the city council's economic development committee Lord Provost John Letford said: "As an early adopter of new technologies and as a community with a high proportion of broadband users
it is entirely fitting that we should be chosen as the first place in Scotland to have access to this new development."
The incentive of faster download and upload speeds would also help to encourage investment and boost employment opportunities in the city, he added.
Fibrecity also plans to introduce its new service to broadband users in Bournemouth, with an initial 30 homes set to connect to the network by the end of March.
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