[LUG] Business Link survey for 'Super Fast Broadband' in Devon & Somerset

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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:
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Connecting Devon and Somerset with Superfast Broadband  

Devon 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.
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The survey can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/6232zfk

I 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).
Ta,

Rob

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