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Local MP welcomes the broadband revolution to Pontefract
Super-fast, fibre-based broadband is now available to the first homes and businesses in Pontefract.
More than 15,000 householders and firms are poised to join the high-speed revolution as engineers complete upgrades over the coming weeks.
People living and working in the area are among the first in the UK to benefit from BT's roll out of fibre-based broadband.
In a joint statement, Jon Trickett, Hemsworth MP and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper said:
In a joint statement, Jon Trickett, Hemsworth MP and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper said:
"The arrival of super-fast broadband is good news for local businesses and householders in Pontefract, who will now be among the first to get the chance to use faster new technology."
Further roll-out plans are due to be announced later this year.
Further roll-out plans are due to be announced later this year.