Remote villages and hamlets across the East Riding of Yorkshire are receiving a major digital boost as Quickline’s full fibre rollout gathers pace.
Thousands of homes and businesses are now able to enjoy gigabit speeds for the first time, thanks to Project Gigabit, the government-funded programme to enable hard-to-reach communities to access fast, reliable gigabit-capable broadband.
Quickline was awarded over £118 million by the UK government in July 2024 to provide around 72,000 hard-to-reach premises in the East Riding and Lincolnshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
Quickline has now delivered gigabit-capable broadband to around 8,500 homes and businesses across the East Riding, with a portion enabled through Project Gigabit funding.
In the North Cave area, to the west of Hull, more than 800 homes now have gigabit-capable connectivity, with Broomfleet, Ellerker, Newport and Hotham all live, along with parts of North Cave itself.
In Holme-Upon-Spalding-Moor, over 1,100 homes and businesses can now connect to Quickline’s full fibre network and another 600 addresses are now being served in Patrington.
Earlier this summer, Gilberdyke, west of North Cave, went live, giving more than 1,350 homes and businesses access to gigabit speeds. The hamlet of Newport also benefited, with more than 700 addresses able to get connected and the rollout to the remaining 10 per cent of the village due soon.
Alongside the build, East Yorkshire-based Quickline has been engaging with local communities including with a Tech Explorer workshop for young people to help them make the most out of their home broadband, as well as a free pizza giveaway for residents keen to learn more about full fibre and how it can improve their connectivity.
Quickline’s Social Values Team has also visited Newport Primary School to deliver bespoke digital skills workshops to pupils, improving online safety awareness among pupils.
Lauren Robson, Project Manager at Quickline, who oversees the Project Gigabit rollout across the East Riding and Lincolnshire, said: “I’m thrilled to see such strong progress across the region.
“Some truly rural communities are now receiving service thanks to the Project Gigabit contract being delivered by Quickline, and it’s making a real difference.
“Our outreach activity in these communities is a hugely important part of our mission, ensuring we not only provide the means for decent connectivity, we also help to educate and inform at the same time by engaging with different groups and organisations.
“Our aim is simple – to lift people out of digital poverty by giving them the connectivity they deserve.
“I’m proud to be part of that, alongside the wider Quickline team.”