Connectivity+ Vouchers

The Connectivity+ Voucher scheme is offering funding of between £500 and £3,000 to help local businesses cover the cost of upgrading to faster, more reliable digital connections or broadband.

As a company based in Wetherby and providing services to many businesses in the surrounding areas we know all too well how inconsistent broadband speeds can be around here. An office at one end of the street may be enjoying super fast fibre, while just a few doors down, they may be getting by on a 3 Mbps ADSL connection.

We’ve worked hard over the years to try out many different ways of delivering connectivity to our end users and we are pleased with the improvements we have been able to offer to many local companies. But we know that many of these solutions come at a cost and, particularly in the current climate, this may leave faster broadband still out of reach of some businesses.

This is where the Connectivity+ Voucher scheme comes in. They are designed to help cover some of the costs of upgrading your connection.

Vouchers can also be used to cover other costs associated including:

• The actual cost of the installation i.e. the cost of the physical connection, including excess construction costs to reach a network
• Hardware related to facilitating the connection e.g. a firewall, router, receiver/antennae (for wireless connections)
• Virtual servers and software licences (subject to limitation of upfront costs only)
• Internal ethernet network cabling
• Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony
• Consultancy/project management cost to install a connection – capped at 25% of the value of a voucher

They can even cover some, or all, of the cost of the first years rental of a connectivity solution providing the first year is paid to the supplier in full at the start of the contract.

Connectivity+ Vouchers are intended to help businesses upgrade to higher speed business grade broadband. They can be used to get your speed over 30 Mbps if it is currently under that, or to double your speed if you currently get over 30 Mbps.

To find out more about what options maybe available to help your business take it’s connectivity to the next level, contact us today.