PEOPLE living in Nailsea can now access high-speed broadband.

BT has announced the high-speed fibre broadband is now available to homes in Nailsea, which is expected to give a major boost to the local economy.

BT’s local network business Openreach aims to make the high-speed technology available to two-thirds of UK homes and businesses by 2014.

Fibre broadband allows large data and video files to be sent and received almost instantly and customers will also have access to high quality video-conferencing and better back-up for computer systems.