Rural broadband in Herefordshire
So today the Countryside Alliance is claiming plans for investement in rural broadband in Herefordshire have "stalled". Although Herefordshire Council have spent £50,000 on the tender process they have yet to ask the Government for any cash to turn the project into a reality. You can read more here.
The council told us plans for rolling out broadband in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire are on track and a contract "is expected to be awarded in late Spring 2012".
You can read their full statement here Broadband.doc [229KB]
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At 14:22 5th Apr 2012, Ronan J wrote:It's now early spring and I've still not personally seen any progress so far!
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