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Manchester is the first city to benefit from £3bn ultrafast broadband rollout

Manchester is to be the first city to benefit from a rollout of ultrafast broadband, the scheme has been named “Project Lightning” and was unveiled earlier this year.

It is a major expansion of ultrafast connectivity to 4m premises over the next five years.

£75m is being invested in Manchester with 500 new jobs created at Virgin Media and its construction partners.

150,000 Manchester homes and businesses will benefit from ultrafast broadband speeds of 152Mb.

Virgin Media ‘breaks ground’ on first 20,000 premises in Manchester this week.

Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, said: “This is wonderful news for Manchester residents and businesses. We are in the midst of a remarkable transformation of the UK’s digital landscape, and Virgin Media’s £3bn investment will play an important role in ensuring our cities are fully equipped to meet the challenges of the digital age in which we live.”

Virgin Media chief executive officer, Tom Mockridge, said: “Our message is simple: help us to cable your street.

“If you want to switch to broadband speeds twice as fast as you can get today, simply register with Virgin Media to ‘cablemystreet’.”

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