Current alternatives won't light up Britain's broadband blackspots
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Despite the British government's boasts of the steady roll-out of superfast broadband to more than four out of five homes and businesses, you needn't be a statistician to realise that this means one out of five are still unconnected. In fact, the recent story about a farmer who was so incensed by his slow broadband that he built his own 4G mast in a field to replace it shows that for much of the country, little has improved.