The Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary and MP for Richmond, William Hague, has given a public statement of support to Yorkshire’s NYnet project, which has been busy brining new broadband services to North Yorkshire.

NYnet, which was formed in collaboration between Yorkshire Forward and North Yorkshire County Council with funding from the European Union, is tasked to provide an ultra-high-speed internet network to ensure North Yorkshire is not 'left behind' the rest of the world in the next phase of the internet revolution:


According to Yorkshire Forward statistics, 95% of businesses in North Yorkshire have access to the internet and 84% of these have a broadband connection. It'd be interesting to find out where all the opposition parties stand in the next-generation broadband debate too, although none have been especially keen to discuss it when asked.