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Hi folks,I had an e-mail from Business Link earlier, rather than forward on the god awful HTML e-mail I figured I'd copy and paste what they have put in the e-mail:
-------- Connecting Devon and Somerset with Superfast BroadbandDevon County Council and Somerset County Council are pleased to let you know about their exciting plans to bring superfast broadband to Devon and Somerset.
The two County Councils have confirmed that they have joined forces to bid for millions of pounds of government funding to bring superfast broadband speeds to the vast majority of businesses and households within Devon and Somerset.
This bid for superfast broadband speeds is part of a national initiative backed by £530 million of central government funding. The bid will be submitted in mid April, with a decision expected in May. If approved, it is anticipated that roll-out of broadband to Devon and Somerset businesses would start in 2012, and to be complete by 2015, leading to better broadband for everyone, and superfast broadband for most.
We need your help to convince central government of the importance to Devon and Somerset of superfast broadband, and hope that your business will complete the survey, giving your support to the bid, at www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk
In addition, if you are currently thinking of moving your business out of Devon or Somerset due to the present state of broadband network in the county, we would be interested in hearing from you.
The deadline for the bid itself is 18 April 2011 so please complete the survey today.
-------- The survey can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/6232zfkI don't know if they're going to open it to tender or if they're just planning on getting a big pot of money and chucking it at BT, but it would be interesting to know. I'm going to fill out the survey anyway (and I might encourage the wife to as well for her business even though we technically have 'super fast' broadband from Virgin). Might be worth others also completing the survey too (or passing on to business owners that you know).
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