{"id":13208,"date":"2017-01-05T08:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T08:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=13208"},"modified":"2017-01-05T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T08:40:52","slug":"uk-gov-commits-4-94m-help-deploy-fibre-broadband-montserrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/01\/uk-gov-commits-4-94m-help-deploy-fibre-broadband-montserrat.html","title":{"rendered":"UK Gov Commits \u00a34.94m to Help Deploy Fibre Broadband on Montserrat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Overseas Territory of Montserrat, which is a small Caribbean island that was largely devastated after the Soufri\u00e8re Hills volcano began erupting from mid-1995, has won \u00a34.94m from UK Department for International Development<\/a> in order to roll-out “superfast broadband<\/em>” on the island.<\/p>\n

Apparently some in the media think that this is a waste of money<\/a> (Note to Daily Mail, it’s Montserrat not Monserrat), even though \u00a34.94 million<\/strong> is a drop in the ocean for such things, but we’ll leave the judgement on that side of proceedings up to others and attempt to focus on the far more interesting practical side of the project.<\/p>\n

At its peak the island was home to upwards of 12,000 people, but the horrific impact of the late 1990’s eruption has reduced that to around 5,200 (2013 figure) and more than half of the island has been left almost completely covered by lava and ash. The latter includes the once main town of Plymouth<\/strong> that is now buried and the last eruption occurred in 2010.<\/p>\n