Wiltshire, Norfolk, Devon and Somerset have been allocated by the government for the next batch of its rural broadband budget.
Of the total £530m, the four areas will receive £50m, and the funds will be distributed between now and 2015.
While, Devon and Somerset will share £30m of the funding, Norfolk will get £15m and Wiltshire £4m. Respective councils and private investors will also provide cash to the areas.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said other councils will also have the chance to bid for rural broadband.
Hunt said: "Broadband is becoming just as essential to homes and businesses as electricity and telephone lines and it is now only a matter of time before people in these three new rural areas have access to the connection speeds more commonly associated with towns and cities."
"This is great news for people in Wiltshire, Norfolk and Devon and Somerset, and other councils will soon have the chance to bid for a nationwide funding programme," Hunt added.
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said: "Our new Rural Community Broadband Fund will also help to end the rural digital divide allowing farmers and schoolchildren to work online, as well as allowing people in the countryside to enjoy the social networking and online shopping that the rest of us take for granted."
