Lincolnshire towns to receive full fibre broadband upgrade from Openreach project

More than 56,000 homes and businesses in the county will be getting a broadband upgrade.

Openreach has revealed that 26 Lincolnshire towns and villages, including Deeping St Nicholas, Surfleet and Billingborough will soon be able to connect to full fibre broadband — with the ability to pay for quicker upload and download speeds.

The work is 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.

Kasam Hussain, Openreach regional director for the Midlands, said: “This is a huge infrastructure success story across the Midlands.

“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, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Zen – which means people have lots of choice and can get a great deal.”

The areas set to receive the upgrade includes: Billingborough, Buckminster, Burgh, Butterwick, Deeping St Nicholas, Greatford, Sibsey, Surfleet, Stickney, Binbrook, Humberston, Hemswell, Immingham, Laughton, Marshchapel, North Somercotes, North Thoresby, Scartho, South Cockerington, Stow, Saxilby, Waddington, Washingborough, Welton, Wragby and Waltham.

More than 4.7 million homes and businesses across the UK have already upgraded to full fibre.