Greg has welcomed the announcement by Building Digital UK (BDUK) to give the green light to Goudhurst’s Project A Community Fibre Partnership which will see more than 350 properties offered full fibre connections.

Greg has written to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, to not delay its approval for the Goudhurst Demand Lead Project to go ahead when it comes to the department to be signed off. 

Constituents throughout Tunbridge Wells who suffer from poor Internet connectivity will now have the right to request a decent broadband connection from the universal service provider, BT.

Greg has welcomed Openreach's announcement that Tunbridge Wells is to be included in its First Fibre programme which will see the town's fibre-optic infrastructure greatly upgraded over the course of the next 18 months.

Greg has welcomed the news that more than 500 homes in Rusthall will benefit from faster Broadband after a protracted campaign to upgrade one of the main cabinets in the village came to a close.

Nearly one hundred homes will benefit from faster internet after Greg successfully coordinated a community campaign to upgrade their local broadband services.

Following the announcement that rail operator Southeastern has started operating a free Wi-Fi service on their trains, Greg said:

Greg met on Friday with the Chief Executive of Openreach, Clive Selley, to press for urgent upgrades across the constituency.

Yesterday Greg received a petition from Ashurst residents calling for an improvement in broadband speeds.

Greg said:

The Rail Minister, Claire Perry, announced today that rail passengers will benefit from free wi-fi across England and Wales from 2017.

Train operators, including Southeasterm, are being asked to develop proposals to identify which routes in their area will benefit from this initiative.