SUPER-fast broadband is now available in Ramsbottom.

More than 7,000 Ramsbottom residents and businesses have joined the high-speed revolution as BT engineers complete the local upgrades.

People living and working here are among the first in the UK to benefit from BT’s roll-out of fibre-based broadband.

Super-fast speeds allow users to run multiple applications at the same time so a single family could enjoy watching different high definition movies or 3D TV, while others play online games or work on complex graphics or video projects.

Mike Blackburn, BT’s regional director for the North West, said: “The advent of BT fibre-based broadband here will support local jobs and the local economy and is a vital part of BT’s broadband plans for the North West.”