Sixty homes in the Monmouthshire village of Llanddewi Rhydderch can now have Full Fibre to the Premise (FTTP), able to receive Ultrafast Broadband, with a choice of speeds from 100Mbps to 1Gbps – a huge technological leap forward for this ‘once forgotten’ village where speeds of less than 1Mbps were the norm.

Despite the recent extremely challenging weather, Broadway last week completed phase one of its fibre build and has now connected the first customers to the Ultrafast 100Mbps service.

Phase two of the rollout, connecting another 50 properties to the Full Fibre network, is now completing the design stage, with build due to begin by the end of the month.

Emma, resident of Llanddewi Rhydderch and Broadway’s first fibre customer in the village, says “I cannot tell you how excited I am to be getting this service, after years of struggling with really shocking broadband. And I’m so pleased for the village as a whole, as it really puts us on the map and makes me feel as if we’re ready for the future.”

Broadband is often regarded as ‘the fourth utility’, increasingly indispensable to everyday life. As digital devices become ever more sophisticated, so do the networks that carry the signals have to keep pace – and Broadway’s fibre helps ensure that Llanddewi Rhydderch’s digital future is assured for generations to come.

The ‘entry level’ 100Mbps service comes with unlimited data and starts from just £24.99 a month on a 12-month contract – understood to be the cheapest Fibre-to-the-Premises deal currently on the market.

Broadway plans to deliver full fibre networks to a further 50 rural communities across Monmouthshire by 2021. Residents and businesses in the county who want to know more about the service, should contact Broadway on 0141 465 8500, via email [email protected], or visit https://www.broadwaybroadband.co.uk/contact- us/ to leave their details.