{"id":2457,"date":"2013-01-15T09:47:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T09:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2013-01-15T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T11:35:22","slug":"video-bbc-south-today-looks-at-the-problem-of-rural-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/01\/video-bbc-south-today-looks-at-the-problem-of-rural-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"UPD VIDEO BBC South Today Looks at the Problem of Rural Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC<\/a> South Today recently ran a short TV story on the plight of rural areas and their lack of fast broadband. The piece uses the example of Little London<\/strong> in Hampshire (England, UK), which in April last year became one of the first to deliver speeds of up to 40Mbps through clever use of a local fibre optic Public Service Network<\/strong> (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Rural homes and businesses often feel unfairly treated because they’re asked to pay the same or sometimes a lot more than everybody else but still get significantly less in return (i.e. slower speeds and less reliable connectivity). In fairness this is because it costs a lot more for big ISPs to deploy and maintain the telecoms infrastructure in remote areas.<\/p>\n

The below video also includes a brief interview with Piers Daniell<\/strong>, Managing Director of UK business ISP Fluidata.<\/p>\n