Cumbria county legislature has deserted the usually two bids submitted to hurl out swift broadband in the area, the BBC has learned.
The county had been awarded 17m from a open subsidy, a of the largest amounts since to any UK council. BT and Fujitsu both bid is to contract.
It is a reversal is to UK government's skeleton to upgrade net access in farming areas.
Critics say rollouts are as well slow and the behest routine is complicated.
In October final year, George Osborne declared Cumbria as a of the commander areas to denote how most appropriate to obtain swift networks up and running.
The supervision has supposing a account of 530m to ensure that farming areas obtain next-generation broadband services that are on a standard with those being rolled out in towns and cities.
The allowance has been widely separated out amid councils, depending on need.
Both BT and Fujitsu have been since more time to advance up with improved offers.
"We will go on to work with the control to try and secure what is a rarely contested tender," mentioned a BT spokesman.
The supervision wants 90% of homes and businesses to have access to superfast broadband by 2015.
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