Rutland Telecom (RT), a Gigaclear ISP that works to bring superfast broadband services into some of the UK's most remote and rural communities, has today delivered faster internet access speeds of up to 24Mbps to the isolated village of Luffenham (Rutland, East Midlands).

The effort is part of a special partnership with the Luffenham Village Trust, which will also result in 50 free connections being given to a local Primary School and parents (families).


The news will be welcomed by local homes and businesses, as well as schools, although RT's move to label "up to 24Mbps" as "superfast broadband" might confuse a few readers (note: their platform can deliver faster speeds than that). Still, 24Mbps is a far cry from the current 1-2Mbps average in North Luffenham.

Both the UK government's Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and Ed Vaizey have said in various speeches that "superfast" services should be able to deliver "greater than 24Mbps".