Funding
Below is the current funding to help improve broadband connectivity in Wales:
This scheme provides grants to fund (or part-fund) the installation costs of new broadband connections for homes and businesses in Wales.
UK Gigabit Voucher Scheme with Welsh Top Up
Vouchers worth up to £1,500 for homes and £3,500 for businesses help to cover the costs of installing gigabit broadband to people's doorsteps as part of a Community Broadband Scheme.
A fund to support local authorities and social enterprises to deliver broadband projects locally.
Powys County Council submitted an application to the Local Broadband Fund on 28th January 2021. The application was successful and we are putting mapping and business cases together to penetrate the most hard to reach properties in Powys.
From 20 March 2020, if you can't get a download speed of 10 Mbit/s and an upload speed of 1 Mbit/s, you can request an upgraded connection from BT (you do not have to be with BT).
If the cost of building or upgrading your share of the network connection is £3,400 or less, you won't have to pay for this work to be done.
*If it will cost more than £3,400 to connect your home, and you still want a connection, you will have to pay the excess costs. If you want to do this, BT will conduct a survey and give you a quote within 60 days.