Rural Digital Connectivity
In an increasingly digital world, the lack of robust digital infrastructure in rural areas severely limits access to crucial services and stifles economic growth.
07 Nov 2022
Cost-of-living crisis in the countryside
The below article written by RSN Chair Cecilia Motley is featured in this months Local Government First (click here to view this article). (NB it was written for publication before Liz Truss...
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07 Nov 2022
Revving up broadband in rural Shropshire
Founded in 2009, Airband is an independent internet service provider bringing high speed broadband to homes, business and industry in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Their mission is to provide the...
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31 Oct 2022
Free broadband for village halls available
Airband is a provider of rural broadband services and this year is working closely with the Rural Services Network to sponsor their popular seminar programme. Founded in 2009, Airband is an independent...
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31 Oct 2022
Rural-urban broadband connectivity gap persists in UK
Computer Weekly report on the persisting connectivity gap across the UK In its recently published Connected Nations autumn update, Ofcom found an increase in the number of UK households able...
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31 Oct 2022
Call to give Suffolk £3.7billion for better transport, internet and affordable homes
East Anglian Daily Times reports that a Suffolk MP has given the government’s plan to ‘level up’ rural communities a B grade, saying “we need to keep up the pressure”...
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17 Oct 2022
The Telecoms Bill will unleash rural connectivity and boost productivity
Writing for Politics Home, Selaine Saxby MP, Conservative MP for North Devon, argues that digital connectivity should be at the forefront of the levelling up agenda for rural areas, which...
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30 Aug 2022
Campaign to Protect Terrestrial TV & Radio for Rural Areas
Press Release from Arqiva about 2040+ campaign: Broadcast TV and radio – content delivered through an aerial into people’s homes – is part of the fabric of our national life....
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30 Aug 2022
Connected Care: How Mobile Connectivity Offers Huge Potential to Aid the Delivery of Social Care
Mobile UK, the voice of the UK’s main mobile network operators, has published a report entitled Connected Care: How mobile connectivity can help councils overcome the challenges of delivering adult...
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30 Aug 2022
Ten year project to bring broadband to North Yorkshire cited as key to securing future of communities
North Yorkshire leaders are celebrating the completion of the final phase of a multi million pound scheme with Openreach, to enhance broadband speed across rural areas Since work began on...
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29 Aug 2022
Evidence on rural enterprise to be presented at national conference – National Rural Conference 2022 Feature Article
An analysis of rural enterprise in regions of England is to be put forward at the RSN’s National Rural Conference 2022. Conference supporter the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise...
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