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"With our Bavarian fiber optic funding, we are reaching new milestones for Bavaria's digital future: Thanks to the Bavarian funding program, municipalities have already been able to have over 100,000 km of fiber optic cables laid! More than 70 percent of Bavarian households can use gigabit bandwidths, and once the current construction work is completed, this figure will rise to 80 percent. The enormous Bavarian support enables future investments in a fiber optic network whose length could span almost two and a half times the equator! The Free State of Bavaria has thus been able to strengthen its role as a leader in the field of digital infrastructure and will drive forward further expansion with great determination. While the federal government is shaking up Germany as a digital location with its recent funding cuts, Bavaria continues to strive for planning security for its municipalities. We are continuing to do everything we can to vigorously advance the development of the necessary basic infrastructure for the digital world of tomorrow!" said Finance and Home Affairs Minister Albert Füracker, delighted with the great progress in the subsidized fiber optic expansion.
Füracker continued: "Over 2.5 billion euros in voluntary state funds - despite clear federal responsibility - are a clear commitment to the great importance of the fiber optic infrastructure for Bavaria. However, our commitment must not be misunderstood: the expansion of the fiber optic network is and remains the core task of private telecommunications companies, not the public sector! The private sector must urgently accelerate its expansion dynamics, especially in rural areas! I also encourage all citizens and especially companies to actively use our high gigabit availability and to book the corresponding bandwidths. Only through high usage rates can we send a clear signal to the federal government and the telecommunications companies that increased commitment to fiber optic expansion remains essential!"
The expansion of fiber optics in Bavaria is one of the most successful infrastructure projects of recent years and decades. To date, the following key figures have been achieved, among others, thanks to the comprehensive Bavarian funding programs:
• 99% of Bavarian connections are supplied with fast internet according to the EU definition (over 30 Mbit/s).
• Speeds of at least 100 Mbit/s are already available for 93% of households.
• However, across Germany, not even one in ten of all those who could book gigabit bandwidths actually book a gigabit contract.
• More than 4,500 public schools (95%) in Bavaria have gigabit-capable connections - thanks in part to the Bavarian funding of fiber optics for public schools, planned hospitals and town halls that has been running since 2018 - of which more than 4,350 (91%) have fiber optics to the building (FTTB).
