Funding for those Hard to Reach Areas
Mar 11, 2014As you'll know from a previous post, what happens after June 2015 when the current SFBB funding runs out has recently been addressed by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport in an announcement which allocates a further £250m to bring SFBB to those areas which will be without at the end of the current project. WWW.gov.uk/government/news/250m-boost-taking-superfast-broadband-further-and-faster--251
We now know that Cumbria's share is given at £2.86m. This has got to be matched through funds allocated by CCC. At the present time, it looks as if this will be achievable - making £5.72m available to improve connectivity in the County after June 2015. One of the questions to come up at a recent meeting was whether the current arrangements with BT will be rolled over or whether other providers will get the opportunity to tailor local solutions. No answers as yet.