The Roll Out Schedule

Openreach Stage 1 - Completed March 2016

• 57,840 premises are now benefitting from access to superfast broadband as a result of the project, including 53,800 in the target intervention area.

• Number of fibre cabinets or structures deployed: 310.

• Over 490km of fibre cable laid.

Openreach Stage 2 - Completed September 2021

• 22,090 premises are now benefitting from access to superfast broadband as a result of project, including 19,240 in the target intervention area.

• Number of fibre cabinets or structures deployed: 267.

• Over 180km of fibre cable laid.

Gigaclear Stage 3 - April 2022 Update

• Plans with Gigaclear were extended in September 2020

• 7,000 rural premises are due to benefit from full fibre gigabit capable broadband

• Fibre roll out due to complete by the end of 2022

• Over 1,000 km of fibre optic cable has been laid

• Number of premises now able to take up full fibre gigabit capable broadband: 5,800.

Please also refer to the About the Project Web Page to find out more about the project targets.

​​To find out if you are served by one of the cabinets below and what broadband speeds could be available to you go to Openreach Fibre Checker Web Page. To compare fibre broadband deals available to you visit a comparison site from the useful links section on this page.

Faster broadband services are not automatic, you need to contact an internet service provider to ask about and order an upgrade. To find out how to purchase a superfast service visit the Get Connected web page.

​To find out if you are served by one of the completed builds below go to Gigaclear's Post Code Checker. To compare fibre broadband deals available to you, please refer to the Wholesale Partners page on Gigaclear's webiste at Our Partners | Gigaclear which provides details of which Internet Service Providers are available using Gigaclear network, in addition to Gigaclear services. Faster broadband services are not automatic – you need to contact an Internet Service Provider to ask about and order an upgrade.

Gigaclear are rolling out their full fibre to the villages below.  It is currently expected that broadband services will be available to order within the second half of this year – timescales for some villages may be marginal and we are expecting some coverage outlined below to be completed in early 2023.

Particular delays have occurred to the programme in the last couple of years for some villages in West Northamptonshire which are in and around the route for HS2 and the A5 Trunk road.  This is because Gigaclear's access to do civils works on the Highway has been restricted and other HS2 programmed traffic management and road closures have inhibited some key routes on the network being completed to the timescales originally envisaged.  Gigaclear have been working to complete all other parts of the network in the meantime to ensure services will be available to premises as soon as key links can be completed. In some cases this has meant works have been completed in villages but the network has not yet gone live.  You can register your interest for a service in the meantime via Gigaclear's website at www.gigaclear.com

To find out more about what is involved in the network build, please visit The Network Build and Technologies FAQ.

In September 2020, the then County Council extended its contracts with Gigaclear to benefit more rural homes and businesses in Northamptonshire. 700 eligible premises are set to benefit in an additional nine communities across the county. This takes total plans to over 7,000 premises countywide, alongside Gigaclear's substantial commercial deployment. The communities set to benefit from the extension include parts of Blatherwycke, Braunston, Flore, Grafton Underwood, Oundle, Silverstone and Stanwick.

News on the delivery timescales to connect these communities will be added to the 'Ultrafast Full Fibre Broadband Coming Soon with Gigaclear' drop down above once plans are confirmed within the overall roll out programme.