Superfast Lancashire broadband

The Superfast Lancashire Business Support Centre was formally opened on Tuesday 25th June. Based on Leyland Business Park, the centre provides facilities available to Lancashire based companies to help them maximise the business benefits of superfast broadband, by providing a range of courses and practical experience. The centre was opened by the chairman of the LEP, Edwin Booth, the BT national director for broadband, Bill Murphy and the leader of the county council, Councillor Jennifer Mein.

Superfast Lancashire is the council's initiative with BT to make the facility available to households across Lancashire. At the moment around a third of homes can't access broadband at anything other than pedestrian speeds (1-2mbs). Our £130 million initiative (funded by BT, Broadband Delivery UK, European Commission, the county council and the two unitaries) will enable 97% of all homes across the pan-Lancashire area to access broadband at speeds in excess of 30mbs by 2015.

For further information you can look at the website www.superfastlancashire.com.