Remote villages to get broadband thanks to new £20 million fund
This article in the Daily Telegraph explains how the government’s Supporting Sustainable Upland Communities strategy sets out a number of plans to address these problems including £6 million extra funding every year to help small farmers survive and payments for ‘ecosystem’ services such as clean rivers and green energy like wind turbines.
A key policy is eliminating internet ‘not spots’, including a new Community Broadband Fund of £20 million to help small villages and hamlets get connected. The money is additional to the £530 million that has already been announced to help the UK achieve the fastest broadband speeds in Europe by 2015.
If this all comes off it will be fantastic – who’s holding their breath?