Funding for bringing Superfast Broadband to the Devon County Council Area is not what it seems. That the vast majority of the Area is in no better position than it was before Funding.
Funded 27th May 2011 -- 16 Long Months before any tangible information being released! £2.9 Million Administration!
Keeping Devon in the Dark with Public Money!
Core Brief:
'If our bid is successful then delivery would start in early 2012
and be complete by 2015'
The aim of the project is to, “deliver faster Broadband for all by 2015
and Superfast Broadband for all by 2020″.
( A small increase for all by 2015 - job done!)
DEVON AND SOMERSET LOCALBROADBAND PLAN:
Application for spring 2011 BDUK Award Round Funding
or View Online Here
Only 3 Places in the Devon County Council Area
have previously made it to the BT Fibre Optic Roll-Out Plan.
Exeter has now been delivered by BT Openreach (2011).
Exeter is also served by Virgin Media
1 (Ivybridge) Delivery Late 2011
1 (Dartmouth) Delivery 2012
There are about 100 Telephone Exchanges involved for the Council Areas below. At some stage these will be placed against the Councils.
There are 8 District/Borough Councils within the Devon County Council Area. This is the state of superfast broadband delivery in each.
East
Devon District Council
Zero Superfast Broadband
Exeter City Council
BT Infinity & Virgin Media
Mid Devon
District Council
Zero Superfast Broadband
North
Devon District Council
Zero Superfast Broadband
South
Hams District Council
Dartmouth - On BT Fibre Optic Roll-Out Plan
Ivybridge - On BT Fibre Optic Roll-Out Plan
Teignbridge District Council
Newton Abbot - Virgin Media
Torridge
District Council
Zero Superfast Broadband
West
Devon Borough Council
Zero Superfast Broadband
If you are happy with paying the same price for your broadband and
receiving far less for many years to come - then take no notice.
If you are happy to pay the same taxes for less - then take no notice.
But if you want to take notice - raise the matter of superfast broadband
and its installation in Devon - at every opportunity.
Contact
nosuperfast@devonbroadband.co.uk
BT Superslow
Broadband (up to 8Mbps) (up to 20Mbps) is the same price as BT Infinity (up to 40
Mbps).
In reality, broadband is little better than dial-up in parts of Devon.
Poor copper wiring with dry joints amplify the loss of signal coupled
with distance from the exchange.
Superfast Broadband is delivered by Fibre
Optic Cable to the Street Cabinet (FTTC).
Fibre Optic cable can be laid through existing ducts or attached on
existing poles and one could go the length of this Country without
losing signal.
Not that this ease of delivery need be translated into will or
illustrated other than as near impossible.
But Cornwall with the Isles of Scilly and other Areas are an example that it can be done
and is being done.
|
|