DOZENS of community buildings across rural north Dorset are to receive gigabit broadband giving residents and businesses better access to a new internet network.
Sixty community sites from Blandford to Sherborne - including schools, community centres, a health centre, council depots, farms and adult social care residential homes - will be connected to gigabit broadband by March 2022.
The buildings will be connected to gigabit-capable broadband thanks to the Getting Building Fund allocation from Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
It is hoped that by building the network to these sites, it will bring many thousands of homes and businesses within reach of the new Wessex Internet network. Residents and businesses in these areas will be eligible for further subsidy through gigabit vouchers to offset the costs of installing full-fibre.