The government has said £440m has been found so about 600,000 more premises can gain access to superfast broadband.
The cash comes from "efficiency savings" and money returned by BT as part of the government's flagship broadband rollout scheme.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said the funds would help to bring faster speeds to homes and businesses in some of the most remote parts of the UK.
Experts said it was not all "new money" but would still be welcomed.
The cash will be made up of £150m in cost savings and the rest in the form of returned subsidies from BT, the government said.
Under a 2010 deal, the government paid BT to roll out superfast broadband in hard-to-reach areas where providers had said it was not cost-effective to install broadband infrastructure.
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