Did you know that only three percent of homes and businesses in the Greater London area currently have access to fibre broadband? However, BT has announced that this figure will increase to 87 percent by the spring of 2011. This is part of BT's investment of £2.5 billion to deliver fibre-based broadband to two thirds of the UK by 2015.
This is great news for people who live in urban areas, but a third of homes - which are likely to be in rural areas - will miss out. Access to fibre broadband for these communities will only be possible if they receive public investment to pay for extensions from nearby areas that are due be upgraded.
The Kent village of Iwade was one community that did not feature in BT’s fibre roll-out plans, so the parish council formed a 'Broadband Committee' and is working in partnership with BT to bring high-speed broadband to local people and businesses.
The committee obtained a grant from Kent County Council, which in turn released further investment from BT, to pay for an extension from nearby Sittingbourne. Now the village will have access to broadband speeds of up 40Mbps by autumn of this year......
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