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<p>We are still committed to the ‘Outside In’ approach. This is why we are not waiting
until commercial delivery is complete before starting to build in the hardest to reach
areas under the £5 billion UK Gigabit Programme and why we are also looking to prioritise
premises without an existing superfast broadband connection, wherever possible.</p><p>As
we committed to do in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review in 2018, and reconfirmed
in the National Infrastructure Strategy in 2020, we are ensuring that delivery to
the hardest to reach parts of the UK takes place in parallel with commercial build.</p><p>We
have already been doing this through our existing Superfast, Local Full Fibre Networks
and Rural Gigabit Connectivity programmes, which have delivered gigabit-capable broadband
to over half a million homes and businesses since 2018.</p><p> </p>
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