Survey points to gaping hole in urban-rural digital divide
24 May 2021 |
Over 50% of survey respondents felt their internet connectivity was not fast and reliable
A survey has highlighted a gaping hole between urban and rural areas when it comes to access and stability of broadband and phone reception.
Over 50% of respondents from a rural area felt that the internet they had access to was not fast and reliable, the survey showed.
Less than 50% stated they had standard broadband and only 36% had superfast speeds, with 66% stating that they had been impacted by poor broadband.
In comparison, 18% of their urban counterparts said they had access to standard broadband and 67% had superfast broadband.
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AT THE parish council meeting it was announced that Cllr Jane Haigh had resigned from the council with immediate effect. The resulting casual vacancy will be an agenda item at the February meeting. At the Open Forum, a resident explained that an alteration to the original planning permission given for the development of the Royal Hotel had resulted in the erection of a fence which blocked a gate which was his rear exit. The amendment had not been seen either by the parish council or the affected residents but the council explained that, as the new plan had been approved by South Lakeland District Council (SLDC), this matter would have to be pursued with SLDC.
Over the course of the pandemic, people have started to realise just how important green spaces are in cities.
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survey of more than 2,000 people for the countryside charity CPRE and the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (WI) found just over a third of people were visiting local green space more often since lockdown began.
With parks and forests packed once restrictions were lifted, 63 per cent of people said that protecting and enhancing these pockets of nature should be a priority in future.
“Our countryside and local green spaces are facing mounting pressure but the coronavirus pandemic has reminded us why the countryside next door, including our Green Belts, is so important to ordinary people,” says CPRE chief executive Crispin Truman.