Six UK areas selected for hyper-fast broadband

Much of the current infrastructure relies on these fast cables being connected to roadside cabinets, which have older and slower copper cables that feed directly to the home or organisation.

The government will spend approximately 10 million to get the full-fibre broadband projects up and running in Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire, West Sussex, Coventry/Warwickshire, Bristol/Bath/North East Somerset, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

The UK Government has confirmed six areas to pilot the UK's fastest broadband as part of a multi-million million project.

At present, figures suggest that just 2 percent of buildings in the United Kingdom have access to full fibre networks and the government has said that it hopes these projects will help to boost the availability and take-up of the technology.

Businesses, schools and hospitals will be the first to try out the "full-fibre" network technology, reports The BBC.

At the moment, most fibre services in the United Kingdom connect at the final stage via copper wires - which are slower than full-fibre networks.

That plan would see £400m of taxpayers' money being used as a subsidy to encourage the private sector to invest more than £1bn to fund full-fibre broadband across the country.

The technology involved is known as full-fibre because it takes high-speed cables directly to premises.

The decision to proceed with the six pilots follows the government's call for evidence on extending local fibre networks.

Here, the fast-fibre optic cables run directly to homes and offices, providing a more stable, efficient and reliable connection than the hybrid copper and fibre systems.

That will most likely to be delivered by fibre but not exclusively so, said the documents.

Andrew Jones, who is the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, said "How we live and work today is directly affected by how good our broadband connection is".

Digital minister Matt Hancock said: "To keep Britain as the digital world leader that it is, we need to have the right infrastructure in place to allow us to keep up with the rapid advances in technology now and in the future".

The rest of the £200m fund will be spent by the end of the 2020-21 financial year.