Bath Conservatives plea for ultrafast broadband
Bath needs ultrafast broadband available in the city centre if it is to continue growing as a hotbed for technological and creative industry, according to local Conservatives.
The party is calling on Bath and North East Somerset Council to apply for Government funding for the project, which has already got the go-ahead in other cities across the UK.
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Councillor Patrick Anketell-Jones (Con, Lansdown) said: "Cities such as Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge and York are already investing in ultrafast broadband so it's crucial that a university city like Bath isn't left behind.
"This type of high-speed broadband is key to encouraging high-tech and creative industries to establish themselves in Bath."
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It comes as an announcement for a £94-million BT contract to provide superfast internet access across rural Somerset and Devon was postponed because of contractual complications.
The move was due to be confirmed on Monday and would have been a boost for people living on the outskirts of Bath, where slow internet makes it difficult for homes and businesses.
Councillor Cherry Beath, cabinet member for sustainable development, said the city was not eligible for Government funding for ultrafast broadband but she would be looking at available alternatives.
She said: "We continue to fully support the high-tech and creative industries in the city and are currently exploring the options available to deliver ultrafast connectivity of up to 100 megabytes per second to the Bath City of Ideas Enterprise Area and to wider Bath."
She added that more information would be available in the spring.
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by ChronicReader
Monday, January 28 2013, 10:38AM
“since when? it must have been installed in the last six months- as when I last went in there to use the library last, I was told there was none available and a quick network search confirmed this was the case.”
by rogerh3
Monday, January 28 2013, 10:17AM
“The library has free wifi.”
by ChronicReader
Monday, January 28 2013, 9:41AM
“This from a council that believes it can run a public library without its own wifi service.
Bath really can come across as a place unfit for serious people sometimes.”
by mhelenmary
Monday, January 28 2013, 9:27AM
“If it helps promote more investment from industry, then of course we need investment. Homes and investment, helps with the job situation and housing.”
by rogerh3
Saturday, January 26 2013, 6:21PM
“...up to 100 megabytes per second to the Bath City of Ideas Enterprise Area and to wider Bath."
I imagine that should be megabits per second. 100 megabytes per second would be truly amazing.
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by rogerh3
Saturday, January 26 2013, 6:12PM
“100 Mbp/s is already available in the centre from Virgin cable although 'ultrafast' would allow speeds up to 330 Mbp/s.”
by wheelie_bin
Saturday, January 26 2013, 8:52AM
“n't”
by wheelie_bin
Saturday, January 26 2013, 8:52AM
“Malcolm would be able to post his Tory rhetoric so much faster (apologies Malcolm, could resist)”
by jonquil
Saturday, January 26 2013, 8:48AM
“Can one trust BT not to bring out forms of faster broadband at a cost and then make your present broadband so slow that you are forced to pay extra for the new faster type.
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by BV_BV
Friday, January 25 2013, 9:50AM
“When does fast become superfast, and when does superfast become ultrafast? Agree with mhelenmary too.”