So what about connecting the missing 6%?
Jul 30, 2019The good news is that in May, the Government announced a £200m Rural Gigabit Broadband Connectivity (RGC) scheme which offers vouchers which are considerably more generous than the previous voucher scheme (£3,500 for businesses, £1,500 for residents, no requirement to have a fixed ratio of business to residential vouchers, requirement to take only 30 Mbps service). More details on https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2019/05/200m-uk-rural-gigabit-broadband-connectivity-programme-starts.html
Couple this with the Community Fibre Partnership (CFP) Scheme and this may well open up possibilities - although not without some hard work in the community. It’s this David Hoyle & I are looking at for connections in the north of the Parish. Given the level of demand, the £200m pot is not expected to last long so those thinking of going down this route need to get a move on!
4G is becoming a real cost effective alternative to a fibre connection with costs coming down all the time. Failing that, if you really do live in an isolated spot then satellite is probably the only way of getting a reasonably fast connection and may well continue to be your only option.