MOBILE phone users are being asked to turn detective and help map reception rates across rural Britain.

THE deadline has been extended for applications to the government’s £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund.

FIBRE broadband will be rolled out to around 98% of West Sussex homes and businesses within three years.

BROADBAND speeds in the countryside continue to languish behind those in larger towns and cities.

RURAL residents are being urged to help bring superfast broadband to North Dorset.

THE government says it is continuing to look at ways of improving rural broadband services.

THIRTY village halls will be provided with wireless internet under plans unveiled by a rural district council.

PUBLIC funding should be used to attract investment in superfast rural broadband networks, says a report.

HIGH-SPEED broadband moved a step closer for Buckinghamshire, which wants a company to lay cables in areas with slow or no connections.

RURAL residents in Lancashire have some of the UK’s fastest internet speeds after creating their own community broadband network.