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25/02/2016
Cotswold District Council has announced a new £1 million fund to boost faster broadband coverage across the whole district.
The council will be setting aside £500,000 to finance installation work and this will be match funded by Gloucestershire County Council, boosting the total to £1 million.
The council will be setting aside £500,000 to finance installation work and this will be match funded by Gloucestershire County Council, boosting the total to £1 million.
Cllr Lynden Stowe, the CDC Leader, revealed the new broadband funding at the council meeting on Tuesday, and stressed the importance of this initiative:
“We live in an age where people need reliable faster broadband access. Residents want to enjoy the freedom of accessing a wide range of public and private sector online services at times to suit their needs and from the comfort of their homes; schoolchildren are being asked to use the internet for homework assignments and to broaden their knowledge and IT skills; and businesses can compete more successfully and perhaps even expand when they are supported by cutting edge digital technology.
“Upgrading to faster broadband is not easy in rural areas like the Cotswolds – our district covers over 450 square miles and this means that, despite technological advances in some areas, we are still hampered by ‘dead zones’ and sluggish speeds in far too many locations.
“This new fund should remedy these problems and ensure that everyone in the Cotswolds can benefit from faster broadband.”
His views were endorsed by the leader of Gloucestershire County Council, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, who added: “The Fastershire Broadband project has already benefited the Cotswolds by making faster broadband available to over 16,000 homes and businesses under phase 1, and a further 6,500 are currently set to benefit under the phase 2 rollout which has already started in parts of the district.
“Our commitment to match fund CDC’s £500,000 broadband contribution will push this coverage under phase 2 even further, and enable even those in the most remote locations to upgrade to faster and more reliable broadband speeds.
“This will also provide a significant stimulus for economic activity in the business sector and the county as a whole.
“It is our ultimate aim that by the end of 2018 everyone in the county will have access to the broadband speeds they need.”
“We live in an age where people need reliable faster broadband access. Residents want to enjoy the freedom of accessing a wide range of public and private sector online services at times to suit their needs and from the comfort of their homes; schoolchildren are being asked to use the internet for homework assignments and to broaden their knowledge and IT skills; and businesses can compete more successfully and perhaps even expand when they are supported by cutting edge digital technology.
“Upgrading to faster broadband is not easy in rural areas like the Cotswolds – our district covers over 450 square miles and this means that, despite technological advances in some areas, we are still hampered by ‘dead zones’ and sluggish speeds in far too many locations.
“This new fund should remedy these problems and ensure that everyone in the Cotswolds can benefit from faster broadband.”
His views were endorsed by the leader of Gloucestershire County Council, Cllr Mark Hawthorne, who added: “The Fastershire Broadband project has already benefited the Cotswolds by making faster broadband available to over 16,000 homes and businesses under phase 1, and a further 6,500 are currently set to benefit under the phase 2 rollout which has already started in parts of the district.
“Our commitment to match fund CDC’s £500,000 broadband contribution will push this coverage under phase 2 even further, and enable even those in the most remote locations to upgrade to faster and more reliable broadband speeds.
“This will also provide a significant stimulus for economic activity in the business sector and the county as a whole.
“It is our ultimate aim that by the end of 2018 everyone in the county will have access to the broadband speeds they need.”
