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Eight Cornwall communities in line for faster broadband

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  • 23-11-2010 10:56am
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    bealtine
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11812420

    Eight Cornish communities have been named as the first in the county to get super-fast fibre-optic broadband.

    Leedstown, the Chiverton Cross area, St Agnes, Portreath, St Day, Devoran, Stenalees and Par will be the first communities to benefit, BT said.

    More than 10,000 businesses and homes in those areas will have speeds of up to 100Mbps by the end of March.

    The £132m project, led by BT, will give Cornwall some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world.

    The project, which has £53m of European funding, will deliver super-fast fibre optic broadband to 80% to 90% of businesses and households in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by 2014.

    Download speeds, currently about 2Mbps, will increase to up to 100Mbps, currently seen in only a few countries in the world.

    The European Union wants member states to provide citizens with a minimum of 30Mbps broadband by 2020, with all nations offering basic broadband - generally regarded as 2Mbps - for all by 2013.

    The UK risks falling foul of this second target because it has decided to delay the roll out of basic 2Mbps broadband to all homes until 2015.


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    watty
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    Presumably the next stage in this process announced end of September 2010?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056047615

    http://www.techtir.ie/node/1003594


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    bealtine
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    watty wrote: »
    Presumably the next stage in this process announced end of September 2010?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056047615

    http://www.techtir.ie/node/1003594

    Of course it is an update:)

    At least the whole project in Cornwall is progressing unlike the stagnation we have here.
    The IMF have called for investment in the "knowledge economy" in their position paper released the other day, maybe some of that investment can go to providing broadband. We are falling short of the 2Mbps target set by the EU for 2013 so the investment is sorely needed.


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    cgarvey
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    The 4 year plan makes slight reference to broadband by way of investment where the market has failed (i.e. NBS!). Not encouraging at all.


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    bealtine
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    cgarvey wrote: »
    The 4 year plan makes slight reference to broadband by way of investment where the market has failed (i.e. NBS!). Not encouraging at all.

    I doubt that this government will be around long enough to implement this 4 year plan.

    Let's see what a new government will have to say and what priority they will give to broadband. In opposition they've been making positive noises about fibre and broadband in general. I better not hold my breath in the meantime:)


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