Great stuff, I love it when a plan comes together! We have to convince govt that the rural areas are the life blood of UkPlc. power to the people. chris
Stuart's done a great job to get this opportunity to put the case for rural communities to the Digital Britain team. We'll use all the evidence we've gathered to speak up for the needs of rural businesses...
Technology and communications experts will debate how best to equip Britain for a digital future, at a Digital Britain summit in the British Library tomorrow.
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Views of participants in the RDPE Network event, 18 & 19 March, on Future Network Activity.
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Presentation by Paul Keating, Rural Development Support Unit, Republic of Ireland, to the RDPE Network event, 18 & 19 March 2009.
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Notes from the workshops at the RDPE Network event, 18 & 19 March 2009.
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I hope the rural advocate takes notice that there is no broadband up there and the tenants on the estate can't get adsl. They are near to us just over the fell and nobody up here can get broadband.
Thanks for your comment Chris. I'm sure that will be one of the issues raised during the visit, as it has been on Stuart's visits to other areas. He's already spoken about his concerns with Lord Carter...
the window for responses to the digital britain report is closed, but I hope you continue to remind government how important ICT IS in rural areas, it is vital to provide good broadband to enable the rural...
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