Surrey County Council (SCC) in South East England (UK) has called upon all of its 80 local councils to help support their plans for making broadband internet access services available to 100% of the area by 2013. However, the detail is still missing.

The move, which would most likely require the council to bid for a slice of the governments £830m Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) budget, will be supported by a county-wide survey of Surrey's 84 parish and town councils on broadband speeds and quality.

The questionnaire, which was devised by the Surrey Strategic Partnership (SSP), aims to find out what residents and businesses think about connectivity and will also be used to build up a picture of the county's 'Not Spots' – areas with either very poor or no broadband internet access at all.


It's noted that the SSP includes the Surrey County Association of Parish and Town Councils, the county, borough and district councils, Surrey Police, NHS Surrey and the voluntary / business sectors.

Despite the effort, Surrey still hasn't managed to clearly define either the type or speed of access that it seeks to achieve.