bbc said that The government has announced the first stages of its plans to get ultra-fast broadband to the remotest of homes in the UK.Originally it had promised to roll out gigabit-speed broadband to every home in Britain by 2025 but that was reduced to 85% coverage in November.The budget remains at £5bn – but only £1.2bn of that will be made available up to 2024.The infrastructure build should start in 2022, the government said.The first to benefit will be homes and businesses in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Tees Valley.
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