Countryside Wants Broadband Speeds

Countryside Wants Broadband Speeds

A dozen rural community groups have decided to gang up and demand the Government to get IT services providers to offer IT services such as IT connectivity with high speeds to the countryside too. According to the Final Third First group, a lot of people that live in the countryside can't benefit of the kind of broadband they want to as they have the possibility to use only 28.8 or 56Kbits/sec dial-up connections.

Dr Charles Trotman from the Country Land & Business Association (CLA) said that “I don’t think the Government has dismissed rural communities, I just think they don’t understand rural issues. 2Mbits/sec is only a start... a basic level [and] the Government has to put the money in”. Because of the fact that BT is responsible with "laying down the required digital infrastructure", the IT company has its share of blame. Dr Trotman added that "We recognise BT has to answer to its shareholders, but it does have a moral responsibility to bring fairness to the market.”