Walkers and rescuers will soon get high-speed internet connection at the top of Wales' highest mountain. Openreach has started work to bring ultrafast broadband to the summit of Yr Wyddfa.
The mammoth engineering task will involve laying seven kilometres of fibre cable - capable of one gigabits per second (Gbps) - from the nearest exchange in Llanberis all the way to the top of the mountain.
Local Openreach engineers will be working closely with the Snowdon Mountain Railway to run the cable along the railway that carries nearly 150,000 passengers to the summit every year. It should mean ultrareliable, full fibre broadband at the top in time for next year’s summer season, reports North Wales Live.
