Salisbury has become the first entire city in the country where residents and businesses can gain access to Openreach’s ultrafast broadband network.

The company’s engineers have completed what was described as the fastest city-wide network build in the UK, making full fibre broadband available to more than 20,000 premises in just under a year.

Salisbury Journal: Openreach CEO Clive Selley gives MP John Glen and Cllr Pauline Church a tour of the work being done by Openreach in SalisburyOpenreach CEO Clive Selley gives MP John Glen and Cllr Pauline Church a tour of the work being done by Openreach in Salisbury

Openreach chief executive Clive Selley said: “This new digital platform can help the UK’s economy bounce back more quickly from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“A full recovery is likely to be measured in years rather than months, but there’s strong evidence that points to full fibre broadband being able to turbo-charge that process.

“For Salisbury’s homes, shops, GP surgeries and schools, it will mean fewer broadband faults, faster connections, and a consistent, reliable network that will serve the city for decades to come.”