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Rural Britain desperate for broadband

London : United Kingdom | about 1 month ago  
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  • Britain's Princes Charles and William leave after attending a Service of Commemoration at St Paul's Cathedral in London
    Britain's Princes Charles and William leave after attending a Service ...
    Source: Reuters
Britain's Princes Charles and William leave after attending a Service ...
Prince Charles says isolated British communities face an enormous handicap because they lack access to a fast broadband Internet connection. As many as 2 million people lack broadband, which threatens to turn Britain's countryside into ghost towns populated by little more than second-home...
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  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    Britain's livestock farmers � and they are struggling as never before," he said. In his article in The Daily Telegraph, the Prince warned that the lack of broadband access could be the final straw for many farmers already facing a struggle to...
  • News Source: United Press International | about 1 month ago
    Prince Charles says isolated British communities face an enormous handicap because they lack access to a fast broadband Internet connection. As many as 2 million people lack broadband, which threatens to turn Britain's countryside into ghost towns...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    The heir to the throne, who is outspoken on rural issues, warned that the online "broadband deserts" would turn into "ghost communities" if struggling businesses in the countryside could not get high-speed Internet access. "Too many rural households...
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