{"id":38988,"date":"2024-08-08T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=38988"},"modified":"2024-08-08T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:53:15","slug":"hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New analysis published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Speed 2 Ltd<\/a>, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government&#8217;s Department for Transport (DfT), has claimed that the HS2 rail project could help &#8220;<em>thousands of properties<\/em>&#8221; across 538 postcodes to gain access to &#8220;<em>ultrafast broadband speeds<\/em>&#8221; and better mobile connectivity.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the blurb, the new railway \u2013 which will link London and Birmingham \u2013 runs through largely rural areas of Buckinghamshire, West Northants, Warwickshire and Staffordshire, many of which are said to &#8220;<em>lag behind the rest of the UK in terms of data speed and mobile coverage<\/em>.&#8221; The project suggests this is because the &#8220;<em>high cost of installing the direct fibre connections<\/em>&#8221; in such areas makes it unviable for serving the &#8220;<em>small number of potential customers<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The HS2 railway is currently expected to open gradually between 2029 and 2033, although its route has been somewhat scaled-back due to cost overruns. Around 2,000km of fibre optic cabling will run alongside the railway.<\/div>\n<p>However, it has long been proposed that HS2 would sell mobile and broadband providers access to its trackside network, which reflects spare capacity in the fibre optic cabling and telecoms masts that are being built to support the railway\u2019s own signalling and telecoms needs.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the opportunity is underlined in a new analysis of the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> data commissioned by HS2, which is said to have identified more than 538 postcodes within 5km of the HS2 route that currently do not have access to \u2018ultrafast\u2019 speeds of more than 100Mbps. This includes 209 postcodes that currently don\u2019t even have access to \u2018decent\u2019 broadband speeds (i.e. 10Mbps+ downloads &#8211; the USO level).<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the next stage of HS2&#8217;s construction, which aims to free up space on the west coast mainline into Euston for more local services, is expected to deploy 80 trackside telecoms masts to provide signalling for the trains which will travel at speeds of up to 360km\/h. But these could also be used to boost local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile coverage, with 15 postcodes along the route currently unable to receive a reliable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> signal (this really is not very big).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Rail Minister, Lord Hendy, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestment in our transport infrastructure can boost opportunities and drive economic growth in every part of our country.<\/p>\n<p>This scheme will have a positive impact on local areas for generations to come, providing connectivity that will create new opportunities for people and businesses to thrive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the announcement is somewhat rehashing a very old argument (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/01\/controversial-uk-hs2-train-project-set-to-boost-fibre-optic-broadband.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/mp-casts-doubt-on-uk-broadband-benefits-of-hs2-rail-project.html\">here<\/a>), and it&#8217;s worth noting that the talk of it being able to benefit &#8220;<em>thousands of properties<\/em>&#8221; is akin to a drop in the ocean of the wider challenge. Not to mention that HS2 is now so far behind the original plan that, by the time it has completed, much of the underlying problem may have already been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the project has stated that telecoms companies could get access to masts and fibre optic cabling &#8220;<em>two years before the railway opens \u2013 during the testing and commissioning phase<\/em>&#8220;, which we assume may translate to sometime around 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Equally, the biggest challenge is often less about core fibre capacity and more about the cost of connecting individual homes in sparse rural communities, but clearly there will be some remote areas that could still benefit and this is the first solid analysis we&#8217;ve seen of the scale. But the fact remains that many parts of the areas on the HS2 route already have core fibre optic cables nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers would naturally also benefit from &#8220;<em>seamless mobile connectivity<\/em>&#8221; throughout the project\u2019s tunnels and cuttings, thanks to the new trackside network and technology aboard the new trains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government&#8217;s Department for Transport (DfT), has claimed that the HS2 rail project could help &#8220;thousands of properties&#8221; across 538 postcodes to gain access to &#8220;ultrafast broadband speeds&#8221; and better mobile connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,406,471,52,60,36,38,1997,78],"class_list":["post-38988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-bduk","tag-fibre-optic","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-politics","tag-uk-gigabit-programme","tag-trains"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/112926503488997145","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government&#039;s Department for Transport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government&#039;s Department for Transport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-08T12:53:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nggallery_import\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1188\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1188\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-08T12:53:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\"},\"wordCount\":623,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"4G\",\"5G\",\"Building Digital UK\",\"Fibre Optic\",\"Mobile Broadband\",\"Ofcom Regulation\",\"Politics\",\"Project Gigabit\",\"Trains\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\",\"name\":\"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-08T12:53:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government's Department for Transport\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp\",\"width\":1188,\"height\":1188},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband - ISPreview UK","description":"New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government's Department for Transport","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband - ISPreview UK","og_description":"New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government's Department for Transport","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2024-08-08T12:53:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1188,"height":1188,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nggallery_import\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband","datePublished":"2024-08-08T12:53:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html"},"wordCount":623,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nggallery_import\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp","keywords":["4G","5G","Building Digital UK","Fibre Optic","Mobile Broadband","Ofcom Regulation","Politics","Project Gigabit","Trains"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html","name":"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nggallery_import\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp","datePublished":"2024-08-08T12:53:15+00:00","description":"New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government's Department for Transport","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nggallery_import\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nggallery_import\/HS2-Broadband-and-Fibre-Optic-Benefits-Illustration.webp","width":1188,"height":1188},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/hs2-claims-hs2-could-boost-uk-mobile-and-rural-broadband.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}