Connecting Dartmoor and Exmoor is part of the second phase of the Connecting Devon and Somerset superfast broadband programme.
It got underway 15 months ago and 2,049 premises have already been connected, with 5,000 more due in this second phase.
More than £700,000 of additional funding was secured, working with Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks, to extend the reach in this phase to around 69 per cent of Exmoor premises by the end of 2016, while the Connecting Devon and Somerset programme has over £45 million to invest in bringing superfast broadband to the area.
The work covers various parts of Exmoor, and an estimated 95 per cent of the moor will be covered, with the final five per cent done as government funding allows.
Cllr Andrea Davis, chairman of Exmoor National Park Authority, said: “Superfast broadband will provide a welcome boost to those living and working on the moors.
“Dartmoor and Exmoor have been leading the way and supporting the roll out of the largest wireless broadband network in the country.
“Our staff have worked hard to secure these benefits for the area whilst conserving the special landscape loved by so many.”
Minister Matt Hancock said: “The faster speeds will bring significant benefits to local people, businesses and public services, and open up the national parks to a much wider marketplace so that even more people can enjoy these places of outstanding beauty.”
The connection by a specialist company in high speed wireless broadband, Airband, will set up 5,800 homes, farms and businesses across Exmoor and Dartmoor with state of the art data radio technology delivering speeds of 30Mbps or more.
The technology works by passing a signal from a radio on a transmitter or mast to a radio attached to the final building. A cable then takes the connection into the building, allowing the home or business to connect to the internet the same way as via fibre or a standard broadband connection.
The roll out of the infrastructure on Exmoor has been a major engineering feat, with great care and consideration taken not only to conserve the moorland skyline but also its nationally important archaeological and wildlife sites.