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27.01.2014
TEN rural communities will get faster broadband thanks to a multi-million pound project in Lancashire. Rapid progress of the Superfast Lancashire project means 52% of the county can now get access to high-speed fibre broadband when BT's commercial...
05.01.2014
BETTER broadband is top of the rural agenda for 2014, with campaigners saying too many communities are still languishing on slow connections. The government says delivery of so-called superfast broadband is accelerating. But campaigners warn that rural areas...
02.12.2013
A RURAL wireless broadband supplier is marking its second anniversary with a ten-fold extension in its coverage. More homes and businesses than ever before are now benefiting from the wireless technology used by ThinkingWISP in Norfolk. ThinkingWISP...
22.11.2013
Faster broadband speeds will boost the rural economy by £4.6bn a year, reveals a government-commissioned report. For every £1 the government is investing in broadband, the UK economy will benefit by £20, says the study. The UK...
28.09.2013
CAMPAIGNERS have called for a government review after MPs branded its superfast rural broadband rollout a shambles. The Countryside Alliance said rural communities and businesses would suffer unless the government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project was overhauled. ...
25.09.2013
A SMALL village has become the first rural community to benefit from a multi-million pound Superfast Lancashire project. Completion of engineering work means most of the 240 premises in the village of Belthorn will now be able to...
22.09.2013
THE Labour Party has pledged an extra £75m to bring faster broadband to the countryside. The money would come from the government's urban broadband programme should Labour win the next general election. Labour said it would divert...
06.09.2013
TWO small rural communities are benefiting from high speed broadband – three months ahead of schedule. Homes and businesses in Sticklepath (Devon) and Bradford on Tone (Somerset) are the first to benefit from the £94m Connecting Devon and...
08.08.2013
A WIDENING gulf in broadband speeds between town and country is leaving rural communities languishing behind their urban counterparts. The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013, reveals the latest research by the government's telecoms...
05.08.2013
FASTER broadband in rural areas would give a bigger boost to the economy than other key innovations, suggests a survey. Four out of five (80%) of all adults agreed that rolling out high-speed broadband across the whole of...
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Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
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The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
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The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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