broadband
01 Mar 2021
Terrible internet in rural Devon is impacting kids learning from home
DevonLive have reported that pupils living in rural Devon have been unable to learn remotely due to awful internet connection A school in North Devon has raised concerns over its...
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22 Feb 2021
MANY hears the lived experiences of communities which lack reliable digital connectivity
In late 2019 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced the funding of seven Rural Connected Communities initiatives under the £200million 5G Testbed and Trials programme Mobile Access...
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22 Feb 2021
Broadband pressure sees people turning to mobile phones to stay online
PA Media has covered the results of a new report suggesting that extra pressure on broadband connections is forcing people to resort to using mobile phones to stay online during...
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15 Feb 2021
What impact has Covid19 had on rural communities?
With the Rural Services Network about to publish a new report on 1st March on how the countryside economies can be revitalised (Revitalising Rural: Realising the Vision) our Chief Executive...
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15 Feb 2021
SpaceX satellites could transform UK rural businesses
Farming UK has reported that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun testing its Starlink broadband service in the English countryside, as part of plans to ‘blanket’ Earth with high-speed broadband coverage...
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08 Feb 2021
BT in talks with OneWeb over rural satellite broadband
Bloomberg has reported on discussions between BT and government-backed satellite maker OneWeb to provide rural broadband to people cut off from Britain’s fibre networks BT is understood to be in...
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01 Feb 2021
Citizens Advice: ‘One in Six Feel Broadband Bill Burden’
One in six people are struggling to keep up with their broadband bills, according to a new Citizens Advice survey published in Forbes this week As more households have become...
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25 Jan 2021
APPG taking up rural concerns with Digital Minister
The Chair of the APPG for Rural Services, Philip Dunne MP, has written to Matt Warman MP, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure in relation to concerns about delivering broadband to...
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25 Jan 2021
Rural areas could be waiting years for full-fibre broadband
Computer trade magazine Computer Weekly reveals that rural connectivity specialist Airband is supplying more than 4,000 homes and properties in Cheshire with full-fibre broadband Airband said it will use ‘innovative...
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18 Jan 2021
Report criticises Government rollout of revised broadband programme
Technology website, Digit, has reported this week that the plan to connect all the UK’s premises to superfast internet by 2025 has been scaled back, with critics saying even this...
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