Broadband 'roll-out' is raw deal for rural communities

The Community Council for Berkshire's national body ACRE have spoken out at the raw deal rural communities have continued to suffer in the ‘piecemeal’ roll-out of the broadband project across the UK.

The statement came after the Commons Public Accounts Committee accused the Department for Culture, Media and Sport ‘mismanaging’ the project by awarding all of the rural broadband projects so far to BT.

ACRE said that one of the main issues was the patchy information being release by many local councils as to the exact coverage for the roll-out plansdespite an earlier pledge to ensure this happened from the Secretary of State Maria Miller. This was making it hard for people to identify whether their homes would be covered and for alternative models of delivery to be created.

You can read the full statement by clicking here