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Rural DSL in the UK

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  • 25-04-2002 5:38pm
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    dahamsta
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    Cornwall online OK
    By Tim Richardson
    Posted: 25/04/2002 at 13:31 GMT

    Plans to roll-out ADSL to rural areas took a step forward with week with the unveiling of six exchanges in Cornwall part-funded by European cash.

    Thanks to the initiative exchanges in Truro, St Austell, Redruth, Camborne, Newquay and Penzance are now DSL-enabled.

    And if there's enough demand then exchanges at Falmouth, Bodmin, Launceston, Saltash, Penryn, St Ives and Bude will be upgraded later this year.

    The project called ACT NOW is a public/private sector partnership involving outfits such as BT and the South West of England Regional Development Agency.

    Altogether, £12.5 million has been invested to help get small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in Cornwall online.

    More than £5 million was provided by the European Union.

    From today 3,300 Cornish businesses will be able to choose from a range of access and hardware packages starting at £34.95 a month.

    If successful, BT is looking to extend this public/private partnership to ten other areas in the UK over the next couple of years. ®


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    Stonemason
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    A few organised people like south cost TV (for the cork lads) springs to mind. They maybe be able to get funding to set up something in rural areas they did it with TV maybe they can do it with broadband.



    Stone:D

    PS im not sure if they got funding for the TV though (i fink not)


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    sceptre
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    Originally posted by Stonemason

    PS im not sure if they got funding for the TV though (i fink not)

    Don't think they did - but they do have a proven business now so you never know.

    Leaving aside the line going down as far as the business park in Clonakilty, I've a feeling that people in those really rural areas (obviously I'm leaving out anyone within a stones throw to COrk city) will be relying more on the provision of flat-rate.


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