CEREDIGION politicians are urging residents to “make their case known” about their poor internet speeds after the county was made a “priority” for the next phase of super-fast broadband roll-out.

The contracts to connect up to 88,000 homes in Wales to high speed internet are going to be put out for tender.

Large swathes of Ceredigion not reached by a previously trumpeted project will be connected under an £80m scheme targeting particular areas, including rural areas of the county that have so far missed out on being connected to high speed internet.

Elin Jones AM and Ben Lake MP have now urged Ceredigion constituents to come forward so that their lack of broadband can be raised with the Welsh Government and BT’s infrastructure arm, Openreach.

The Welsh Government has indicated that it will put Ceredigion as a priority, following revelations that the county has among the worst broadband connectivity rates in the UK.

The AM and MP have joined forces to put pressure on Openreach to complete the work that came to a halt with the end of the Superfast Cymru contract with the Welsh Government at the end of last year.

Ms Jones said: “The announcement that Ceredigion will be considered early on in the next Welsh Government broadband project is very welcome news, especially to constituents currently without Superfast Broadband.

“Ben Lake and I want to bring the attention of the Welsh Government to these cases sooner, rather than later.

“Up until the end of last year, many communities in Ceredigion saw Openreach workers hanging fibre cables on masts."

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