Hundreds of homes and businesses that have been without broadband since a car fire look set to be back online by the weekend.
About 1,000 customers in Beaminster, Dorset, lost their internet service on Sunday when a car crashed into a telegraph pole and burst into flames.
Dorset councillor for Beaminster, Craig Monks, said individual suppliers had given residents varied estimates for reconnection “ranging from tomorrow to three or four weeks”.
In an update on Thursday morning, Openreach said it was “aiming to have service restored by the end of Friday, provided there are no unexpected complications”.