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To have and have not: the rural digital divide fact or fiction ?
Next gen09 ;Audrey Roy
Commission for Rural Communities.
Mind the Gap
• CRC’s input into the Digital Britain process
• The first empirical national study of broadband in rural areas
What’s the problem in rural areas ?
Rural Economy fails to reach it’s potential
Education and learning is not optimised
Lack of access to cultural & social opportunities, and e-government services.
What’s the story for Rural broadband ?
Gaps
Speed
The harsh reality
Hypothesis:“60% of the English population might get superfast broadband from commercial operators”
And this is where they
live!
And this is where they
live!
A
There are a lot of gaps !
Why is access to digital Technology so important to our daily lives ?
Internet Shopping & Travel
Entertainment
Questions
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