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<p>Wraysbury, Eton, Old Windsor and the Windsor constituency fall within areas that
are commercially active. Currently 95.5% of the constituency of Windsor have access
to Superfast broadband, which is only slightly below the UK average of 96.7%.</p><p>An
Openreach Superfast contract has been completed to increase the provision of full-fibre
broadband to residents and businesses in Windsor. A Gigaclear contract is also in
progress and moving forwards, having previously been held up by a wayleave for Windsor
Great Park.</p><p>Windsor constituents have made use of the national Gigabit Broadband
Voucher Scheme too, having applied for 52 vouchers worth more than £102k. Up to £210
million is available through the new UK Gigabit Voucher, launched on 8 April for any
eligible homes or businesses.</p><p>Following the launch of Project Gigabit in March,
the government will begin the roll out of gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach
places in the UK. East Berkshire is part of Lot 26 in phase 2 and Building Digital
UK will begin a rolling Open Market Review (OMR) process from June 2021 to give us
a national view of commercial build plans for the following three years.</p><p>Telecoms
providers will be asked to provide existing and planned coverage at an individual
premise level and we will use this information, following appropriate due diligence,
to create a complete picture of forecast gigabit-capable infrastructure coverage for
the UK. The OMR process will validate and update existing maps to account for any
amendments to existing coverage and/or plans for broadband infrastructure.</p><p>The
OMR will be followed by a Public Review to ensure that the views of anyone involved
in network building are captured and considered. This will be publicised via Gov.uk
and the local authority website.</p><p> </p>
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