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Published: Monday, 19 Jul, 2010

Rural communities across the East of England could be enjoying access to super fast broadband for the very first time with new funding announced on 09 July 2010. The East of England Development Agency, EEDA, has secured half a million pounds through the Regional Development Programme for
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Rural communities across the East of England could be enjoying access to super fast broadband for the very first time with new funding announced on 09 July 2010. The East of England Development Agency, EEDA, has secured half a million pounds through the Regional Development Programme for England (RDPE), which is funded by Defra and the EU, to help plug some of the gaps in rural broadband availability.

Local authorities, businesses, social enterprises and charities can all bid for a share of the funding to support ‘community broadband projects’. That could be to upgrade existing infrastructure to exceed the universal standard of 2mbps, or to install new hardware needed to adopt next generation broadband with speeds of up to 50mbps.

The grants of GBP10,000 or more for rural broadband are part of a wider push by EEDA to get a fair deal for the East of England in broadband provision. Alongside local authorities, EEDA has been working to record demand in this region for super fast broadband, presenting a commercially viable picture for those private investors responsible for its installation.
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