The Connecting Cambridgshire campaign is upgrading broadband to areas in Cambridgeshire that have not had the best service until now. Horningsea is part of the programme which means that we will be getting ‘superfast’ (Minimum 24Mbps) broadband in the village. To make this happen, the provider (BT) will put in a glass fibre connection to the village. This is called Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC). What this means is that a bundle of glass fiber cable will be laid from the telephone exchange in Waterbeach to the cabinet in Horningsea. Our cabinet is located on the highstreet. Just opposite Dock Lane.
The Cabinet on the High Street
A page specifically for Horningsea is also available and this will tell you when we can expect to get the new service in the village. (http://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/parish/horningsea/).
How do you get the new service?
You will not be automatically connected to the new service. You will have to ask your ISP to upgrade you to the new service once it is available. There should also not be much disruption to your existing service. BT will not be putting in new cable to your home. The cable from the cabinet to your home will not change. So you will still have copper (or aluminium) coming in to the house. This is why our version of superfast broadband is called FTTC and not FTTH (Fibre to the Home). Realistically you will not notice the difference. The signal drop-off over the distance to the cabinet is (by today’s standards) acceptable.
When can I expect superfast internet in Horningsea?
The Horningsea page on the Connecting Cambridgeshire website currently states that we can expect the cabinet to be connected up in September 2014. This has recently changed from ‘December 2014-March 2015’ so it looks like we are now ahead of schedule.
Cabinets in Service
To see what cabinets are already in service as a result of the programme you can view this map: http://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/getting-superfast/livecabinets/
Coverage Map
The Connecting Cambridgeshire website now also has a coverage map which shows which areas will be on Superfast broadband and when. Horningsea shows in Yellow. This means that the connectivity will be delivered sometime between June and September 2014.
http://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/getting-superfast/coverage-map/
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