The success of a scheme to make Surrey the best connected county in England has triggered a £3.8 million broadband windfall.

That is Surrey County Council’s share of funds made available by BT after better than expected take-up of fibre broadband.

Superfast Surrey connected around 86,000 homes and businesses that were not included in commercial roll-out plans after it was revealed that this could give the county’s economy an annual boost of nearly £30m.

The council’s project took the number of premises in Surrey with access to high-quality broadband to more than 96%.

The authority has signalled that it plans to use the cash windfall to give as many ‘hard to reach’ premises as possible access to a speedy service.

https://news.surreycc.gov.uk/2016/12/14/success-of-surrey-broadband-scheme-earns-3-8m-windfall/