Superfast broadband for North Devon delayed

26/01/2013 by 3 Comments

The Connecting Devon and Somerset programme, which has been heralded as bringing superfast broadband to North Devon, has been delayed yet again.

According to a Connecting Devon and Somerset quote published by BBC News about the contract with BT, “both sides have been unable to reach agreement over ‘significant issues’.”

Yet again connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk has not been updated with this important news and its Twitter account, which only promotes its events, has not been updated since 7 January. It only carries good news.

I think this is the biggest reason why such a critical infrastructure project should not be managed by county councils.

 

 

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Barnstaple to get superfast broadband in 2013

25/09/2012 by 3 Comments

Openreach, BT’s local network business, has announced that Barnstaple will be upgraded for fibre superfast broadband in 2013. The town joins Bideford which was added to the programme earlier this year.

This is good news for businesses in North Devon, although must not take our attention away from the other towns and remote areas that have not yet been added.

North Devon businesses – and residents – need to continue to demonstrate their need for this vital service. Broadband availability is a major consideration when businesses are looking to relocate and North Devon needs to be able to offer this vital infrastructure to attract more businesses and entrepreneurs here. Existing businesses need this capability to be able to compete evenly across the UK and globally.

To register interest in superfast broadband, visit superfast-openreach.co.uk

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Is 15,000 enough?

20/03/2012 by 1 Comment

As of the 14th March 15,278 have completed the survey to get faster broadband in Somerset in Devon – when we look at the map there is a good representation in North devon, but is this really enough – surely there are close to a million people living in these two counties with some rather large towns in Exeter/Plymouth/Taunton etc… and we can only find 15,278 people to complete the survey.

Will it be enough to persuade the powers that be that control the spending of the available funds that we really do want faster broadband.

North Devon traditionally loses out to the big hitting cities in Devon and we really do need to make our voices heard, so if you haven’t already, please complete the survey here http://www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/ and pass the message on to as many people as you know.

The more the merrier, as I don’t think 15,000 is enough!

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Download PDF flyers for superfast broadband campaign #ndevon

14/02/2012 by Leave a Comment

Flyers to publicise the need for residents and businesses to complete the Connecting Devon and Somerset survey to establish demand for superfast broadband are now available.

Choose to download PDF flyers for:

Please download these, email them to your colleagues, friends and family, or print them our and distribute them as necessary.

We need as many people as possible in North Devon to register their interest in superfast broadband at connectingdevonandsomserset.co.uk.

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Need #superfast #broadband in North Devon? Voice your interest now! #ndevon

02/02/2012 by Leave a Comment

Although we’ve filled in surveys about needing superfast broadband before, Connecting Devon and Somerset wants businesses and residents to express their need for this in a new survey so broadband providers can see what demand is here.

It’s vital that as many people as possible complete the survey so that we can prove high demand and convince broadband providers to invest in the communications infrastructure in North Devon.

Please go to connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk and complete the survey now so that North Devon businesses can remain competitive.

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