Phase one of the pilots will test the planning and construction process in High Wycombe, Bristol South and St Agnes, which will from July 2012 to early 2013. Waverley will be added to the pilot in September 2012.

Phase two, which will run from March to May 2013, will test new automated order processes, and in addition to the first four areas this phase will be extended to Watford, Cardiff, Basingstoke and Manchester.

The government has committed £780 million to support the rollout of superfast broadband in the UK, where it hopes to create the best network in Europe by 2015.

In , it was recently revealed that BT and Fujitsu have been sent back to the drawing board after their bids to roll out superfast broadband in Cumbria were rejected by councillors.