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INTERNET signals will soon be whizzing into your computer with the help of turbo-charged broadband.
Central Bedfordshire Council’s executive councillors are supporting the roll out of extremely fast next generation broadband across the county.
Current forecasts for the spread of superfast broadband – defined as being at least 25Mbits per second – in Central Bedfordshire show that without a plan to support it, more than a quarter of residential and business premises will still not have access by 2015.
The new plan will give around 90 per cent of all premises access to superfast broadband.
Councillor Maurice Jones, executive member for corporate resources, said: “The preparation for the local broadband plan has been informed by what our residents, businesses and public sector partners in Central Beds have told us.
“Achieving the 90 per cent superfast broadband goal will have a number of huge benefits for all these groups and Central Beds as a whole and is a key part of the transformation of public services. It will mean improved business productivity and efficiency, rural business growth and enterprise and a strengthening of the local economy in general.”
Central Bedfordshire’s Local Broadband Plan will be partially funded by Central Government. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Broadband Delivery UK team has already allocated for Central Beds’ superfast broadband.
To register your interest visit www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/broadband
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