The news comes as Openreach confirmed the next batch of areas across the UK that could get the upgrade to a full-fibre connection. Announced last month, the next-generation of broadband internet will be coming to households in the following areas: Alloway, Amber Valley, Basildon, Bedford, Beith, Boston Spa, Brighouse, Broxtowe, Burton, Castleford, Chorley, Crownhill, Daventry, Egham, Ellesmere Port, Epping Forest, Galgate, Gateshead, Helsby, Hemel Hempstead, Herongate, Hest Bank, Heysham, Highworth, Hooton, Hounslow, Ivybridge, Keynsham, Kilbirnie, Kings Langley, Kirklees, Lambeth, Lancaster, Lewisham, Long Ashton, Maybole, Medway, Midlothian, Monmouthshire, Morecambe, Motherwell, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newport, Normanton, Paignton, Park Street, Plympton, Prescot, Prestwick, Purfleet, Redbourn, Royal Wootton Bassett, Sandwell, South Ribble, St Neots, Stewarton, Tameside, Thurrock, Troon, Walsall, Waltham Forest, Wellingborough, Wetherby, Wheathampstead, Willowcroft, Worcester and Wraysbury.
