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Good Crieff, it's Broadband!
NAACE Newsletter - February 2003
There are many areas within the UK which are remote from current Broadband provision, and which are not expected to be connected in the near future. An experimental project recently undertaken in Scotland may bring hope to many. The small towns of Campbeltown and Crieff were provided with broadband Via their electricity supply lines, with up to 2MB per second on offer for £25.
In this case the provider is Scottish Hydro-Electric, and the company plans to extend broadband trials to a town in Scotland and one in southern England. Scottish Hydro-Electric claim that the service could be Available to all 3.5 million of its customers, although the speed and price of any commercial service has not yet been decided. "Technically we can reach to a lot more remote spots than BT can offer but some very remote areas will still be difficult," said a spokesperson. Antony Lowe, Telecoms Infrastructure manager, went on, "There will be a patchwork of solutions to broadband Britain, depending upon population density, ranging from high speed fibre to the home in core areas, out to satellite or leased lines in the most remote areas. Power lines can definitely fill in a lot of the space between those two extremes."
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