City gained 350km of full-fibre cabling from two years’ work

Broadband works that have gone on for two years in Dundee have now laid 350 kilometres of full fibre cabling.

Cityfibre is investing £40 million into the new network in the city.

Laying the extensive underground work has caused upset among traders and roadworks for motorists.

Allan Mcewan, Cityfibre’s area manager for Dundee, stressed the scale of the work involved.

He said: “The last two years we have been working to bring our full fibre network to Dundee.

“With our infrastructure being underground, it can be difficult to get a true idea of the scale of the build.

“However, our fibre cabling could now stretch almost double the length of the River Tay.”

The Cityfibre network is being utilised by local firm Fibrecast and Talktalk. They are offering customers download speeds of up to 900Mbps, more than 10 times the UK average.

Prices through Fibrecast range from £24 to £49.

Other providers, including Cityfibre’s launch partner Vodafone, are expected to join the local network soon.

The company wants to serve a third of the UK by 2025.

That would mean eight million homes, 800,000 businesses, 400,000 local authority sites and 250,000 5G access points.