Projects that are selected will be used by Martha Lane Fox, the government

Digital champion to encourage other communities to get online.

innovative ways to deploy broadband will be rewarded as examples of Great Society “in action. Examples include the use of existing connections schools or hospitals to connect the entire community, the cables power lines or underground lines using local farmers trenching for cables at a lower cost.

Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture and Media, said the fund connect until the last point “not in the UK.

“This new fund will enable some of the most remote communities in England

to bring broadband to their homes and businesses, “he said.

“The remote and rural areas is very useful for broadband, but
These communities are currently missing.

“The whole of the UK should be able to share the benefits of broadband and

we decided to make this happen by the end of the Parliament. ”

William Worsley, Chairman of Land and Country Business Association, said
money should go to projects that can be monitored.

“Community Fund offered to broadband is certainly good news for the Highlands

but it is essential to the allocation of £ 20,000,000 is used wisely. Le

advise the government to use money in a series of grants for rural development communities where the demand can be demonstrated. Some of the money should be used to create a package of effective tools to adequately explain the benefits people bring broadband to rural areas. “

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