FASTER broadband could be here by the end of the year.

According to the Fastershire Project, updates to exchanges in Cinderford, Coleford, Lydbrook, Whitecroft Drybrook and St Briavels could be here by December 2013.

The initiative – which is a joint venture between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire County Councils and BT – has already seen faster broadband arrive at Ross-on-Wye and Dursley. The Forest is now next in line.

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