Basically, rural premises with broadband speeds of less than 100Mbps can use vouchers worth £1,500 per home and up to £3,500 from the Givernment Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for each small to medium-sized business (SME) to support the cost of installing new fast and reliable connections.

In fact Oxfordshire tops this up to £7,000 per premise whether business or residential – See below.

The Gigabit Voucher scheme  offers vouchers towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable connections worth up to £3,500 for a business premise and £1,500 for a residential premise.  Oxfordshire’s Digital Infrastructure programme successfully bid for £1m of top-up funding from the MHCLG Getting Building Fund, via the Oxfordshire LEP.  This scheme now offers up to £7,000 per premise, irrespective of it being a business or residential address.

For reference, our programme is currently also working with DCMS on a related initiative known as the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) hub site project which utilises DCMS funding to build gigabit capable infrastructure to buildings in rural parts of Oxfordshire which provide a public service. These can be public sector owned buildings, or a range of other types such as community centres, village halls, schools, etc.  Enquiries may be made to our mailbox broadband@oxfordshire.gov.uk

The relavant links are:
https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/
https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/oxfordshire/
https://digitalinfrastructureoxfordshire.co.uk/whats-next/full-fibre/dcms-rural-gigabit-connectivity-programme

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