COMMENT
Many of us in the villages surrounding
Alresford are disappointed to find that we
will be left out in the cold when Hampshire
gets its superfast broadband. Hampshire
County Council expects to have a total
budget of around £20m to improve
broadband within the county. Their planning
assumption is that implementation will
commence early in 2013 and be completed
in 2015.
They say that the aim of their programme
is to ensure that 90% of the premises
within Hampshire receive access to
'super-fast' speeds in excess of 24Mbps
with the remaining 10% having access to
a minimum of 2Mbps. (They emphasise
that 2Mbps will be the minimum speed and
they expect to push beyond this speed.)
Here’s an example: As some concerned
residents have established, Gundleton’s
distance from the exchange (around 4km)
is provisionally within the hardest-to-reach
10%. In other words, because you live
outside the town, you could be penalised.
It won’t matter how urgent your need for
fast broadband, your geographical location
will dictate the availability, while people in
the town will have broadband 12 times
faster.
bidders the high level of demand that
exists in Hampshire they are more likely to
receive a greater injection of private
finance which will help them push beyond
the 90% target.
So if you haven’t yet registered your demand,
I implore you to do so now, and help us get a
fairer allocation. If you want to talk to other
interested parties, please contact: Barry
Edge on [email protected]
Jill Buss
PARISH EDUCATION
TRUST
For information concerning the Trust, please
see the article, Arle Valley Benefice
Educational Fund on page 9, in this issue of
the magazine.
FOR SALE
Samsung CLP-610ND
Colour Laser printer.
Regularly
maintained and in
very good working
condition.
Recently serviced
and image transfer
belt and fuser unit
both replaced.
Used for printing Village Voice magazine.
Asking price: £150*
Buyer collects.
The easiest way for any constituent to
influence HCC’s penetration is to register
their demand for faster broadband at
www.hants.gov.uk/broadband-signup
HCC say if they can demonstrate to
Please call (09162) 734853
Demo of working condition provided on request.
* NB: Price includes new spare Fuser Unit
and toner cartridges.
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