Rural Broadband Access for Britain

Rural Broadband Access for Britain

According to the Telegraph, South Witham, a village in Lincolnshire has undergone a complete transformation after broadband was set up within the village and surrounding area.

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Ms Anderson who helped set up the service, explained how her role as the Parish councillor was hinder by the lack of a decent internet connection and how it also reduced efficiency and communication for other South Witham residents and businesses.

Ms Anderson and her team managed to acquire a grant which enabled them to gain access to broadband via satellite. The impact of the rural broadband access on the town has been amazing reports Ms Anderson, explaining how everyone from a village radio station to a 79 year old social networking fanatic have been changed by the implementation of satellite broadband.

Of course Ms Anderson isn’t the only one benefiting from the recent installation of high speed satellite broadband. Sarah Barker – according to top10Broadband- a nurse studying for exams explained how she had desperately needed a broadband connection in order to study for her exams. With the introduction of satellite broadband, Sarah has been able to get a lot of the information she needs as well as teach her husband – a computer virgin – the importance and value of the internet.

South Witham isn’t the only place in rural Britain looking to jump aboard the high speed information highway. Campaigners across the British Isles – or Yogurt Knitters as critics have called them – have been campaign for better high speed rural broadband access services within the UK.

Gordon Brown is of course promising high speed broadband access for everyone by 2012, but for those who need broadband now or doubt his ability to fulfil such promises, satellite internet is a viable solution that the people of South Witham have shown works.

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