12 months. Over 500km of fibre-optic cables. And 20,000 local residents. Salisbury was the fastest city-wide network build in the UK by Openreach. The full fibre network was completed in just under 12 months and better broadband is now available to over 20,000 Salisbury residents.

This is huge for the economy, local businesses, entrepreneurs, and families. The internet has become integral to keeping families and friends connected through the pandemic and enabling many people to work remotely. Salisbury is one of the best-connected cities in the UK, but not all residents are benefiting yet.

Salisbury homes and businesses are being urged to upgrade to this faster, more reliable broadband, now that the old copper network is not being sold in the city. The copper network gives users a maximum of 80Mb/s speeds whereas the new full fibre broadband is capable of up to a massive 900Mb/s.

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Research commissioned by Openreach revealed that connecting everyone in the South West of England to full fibre broadband by 2025 would create a £4.3 billion boost to the region’s economy.

Full fibre broadband is 15 times faster than the UK’s current network. With gigabit speeds, users can download a music album in just 1 second, a 2-hour Ultra HD movie in 3 minutes and a PC or console game in 7 minutes. That’s incredible hyperfast speeds!

Full fibre is also much more reliable. So, users don’t have to worry about the internet dropping out on that important work call or in the middle of a must-win game.

Over the last year, people in Salisbury, as across the UK, were forced to turn their homes into offices, schools, social hubs and entertainment centres. A fast connection is vital for home working, online learning, video calling loved ones and streaming games, movies and music.

Local internet provider Giganet are connecting homes and businesses to the new full fibre network. Throughout the pandemic the team fast-tracked key workers to get them connected and have since been helping local residents switch to better, faster and more reliable internet.

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The ISP has also been helping local businesses supercharge their productivity. Organisations in Salisbury are some of the most fortunate in the UK, as they have access to one of the best broadband available. With speeds up to 900Mb/s, businesses no longer have to wait to send and receive large files or put up with dropouts on video calls.

The Aaron Partnership, an organisation of Independent Financial Advisers, are based in Salisbury town centre. Managing Partner David Ryan explains, “The fibre is a significant improvement! We have not had the problems we had been experiencing, which caused a tremendous amount of downtime and lack of productivity. However now the ultrafast speed from Giganet’s fibre has not only significantly improved the reliability of our connection and allowed us to work more efficiently, but it has been a great way to future-proof our business.”

Giganet are the only local ISP that has direct access to the new full fibre broadband network. So, they can reduce the supply-chain, offer faster average lead-times, lower prices and better customer service.

Giganet offer incredible speeds of up to 900Mb/s download and friendly local customer service based just 30 miles away. They also offer the best price for home broadband compared to all other full fibre providers in the city including BT and Zen*.

Home prices start from just £35/m with the option to upgrade to the 900Mb/s service for £49/m.

And best of all? Giganet are doing things a little differently. With a focus on honesty and customer service, they don’t use misleading offers to lure people in, and they don’t hike the prices at the end of contracts either. There are no auto attendants – just real people on the other end of the phone, email or WhatsApp. This is why they’re rated ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot. 

So if you’re sick of your broadband price going up every year or your connection slowing down, then maybe it’s time to switch! Get the best priced full fibre broadband in Salisbury with local customer service through Giganet.

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*For like-for-like home broadband services. Prices correct at time of writing.