Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 3326

Broadband: Infrastructure

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Patrick Hurley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) Openreach and (b) other broadband providers use existing underground infrastructure wherever possible when installing new broadband provi

Answer

Chris Bryant

We understand concerns about the deployment of telegraph poles. We want operators to share infrastructure and use existing underground ducts, wherever possible. Where the original infrastructure was buried without ducts, or existing infrastructure is not ...

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