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<p>According to data from Thinkbroadband (www.thinkbroadband.com) the current superfast
broadband coverage (speeds of more than 24Mbps) in the Lewisham, Deptford constituency
is 95.5% and in the London Borough of Lewisham it is 97.8%. The Government expects
superfast broadband coverage within London to be provided by the private sector and
there is therefore no government-funded superfast project. Providers including BT
Openreach, Virgin Media and Hyperoptic all have current or planned network coverage
within Lewisham.</p><p> </p><p>During 2017 DCMS worked with a number of London Boroughs
to ensure proportionate mechanisms are in place to enable access to the highways by
broadband providers for network deployment.</p><p> </p><p>Across the UK, the Government
and local bodies together are investing £1.7 billion of public money to support vital
improvements in broadband services across the UK. Superfast broadband coverage reached
95% of premises in December 2017 – up from 45% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>For any premises
not covered by superfast broadband, as confirmed in our announcement in December 2017,
we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that
by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10
Megabit per second broadband.</p><p> </p>
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