Project Gigabit
Project Gigabit is a £5 billion government programme bringing ultra-fast broadband (up to 1000mbps) to homes and businesses in hard-to-reach areas.
Digital Hertfordshire supported the government by sharing local insights about broadband providers. This helped identify places in the county that aren’t currently getting gigabit speeds—and aren’t likely to through commercial plans—so they can be included in future upgrades.
What's coming to Hertfordshire?
Updated May 2026
Lot 26C – Openreach
A nationwide contract covering around 300,000 premises.
Hertfordshire will benefit with about 6,500 premises included.
Find out more information about Lot 26C
Gigabit broadband availability checker
Find out if gigabit broadband is available or planned for your address
Search by postcode to check your gigabit broadband availability
Gigabit for schools
Transforming Connectivity for Hertfordshire’s Hard to Reach Schools
Local insight and national investment deliver fullfibre broadband to rural communities through Project Gigabit.
Hertfordshire Futures’ Digital Hertfordshire programme has supported the rollout of next-generation broadband to 30 schools in some of the county’s most hard‑to‑reach areas through the Government’s Project Gigabit scheme.
By analysing local connectivity data, the programme has helped double the number of schools earmarked for upgrades through scheme’s Schools Gigabit Connectivity Programme, which delivers full-fibre broadband to rural schools currently lacking access to gigabit capable networks.
The initiative is led by the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), in partnership with BT and VMO2.
The map above shows the 30 Hertfordshire school locations connected by Project Gigabit's Schools Gigabit Connectivity Programme.
Can you get a fibre connection?
Find out if you can already order a fibre connection using broadband comparison service, cable.co.uk
It’s also worth checking your postcode directly on network operators’ website’s where you will be able to see which Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) are on their network and you can order a service from. Why not check out our Active Suppliers page to see who’s building broadband networks in Hertfordshire.
Connected Counties/Hertfordshire Broadband (2013-2021)
Between 2013 and 2021, Hertfordshire delivered over 50,000 superfast connections (24mbps and above) as part of a joint project with Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire Futures (previously known as Hertfordshire LEP), Openreach and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). That means over 98.5% of residents and businesses in the county were able to order a Superfast connection.
In early 2019, BT (Openreach) successfully bid for a £900,000 contract, with an aid intensity of 85%, to deliver an additional 400 superfast Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) connections across Hertfordshire. This included nearly 200 business premises under the Rural Development Programme for England, as part of a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) funded rollout.
