Bringing full fibre to rural Somerset
Our full fibre network already reaches communities across Somerset, from the cider country of the south to the villages beneath the Mendips. Here are some of the places where Gigaclear is live or on its way:
Somerset is farming country to its core: apple orchards and dairy herds, the wide-open Levels, market towns that have served the surrounding villages for centuries. It is also one of the harder places in England to get a decent connection, because so many of those villages sit miles from the nearest exchange. The result, for years, has been slow, unreliable broadband that struggles the moment more than one person needs it.
Gigaclear runs fibre all the way to the property, and not just to a cabinet on the edge of the village, you get the same fast speeds up and down the line, whether you are running a farm or a rural business, working from home, or keeping the whole family online at once. Given how many Somerset homes are still waiting on a proper connection, it is long overdue.
Fast broadband is only part of what keeps a village alive. Through our £100,000 Rural Sports Club Fund we back the grassroots clubs at the heart of Somerset community life, helping with the kit and equipment that keeps people playing
Thinking about making the switch in Somerset? Here are the answers to the questions we get asked most.