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Broadband in Rural Communities
RURAL ADVOCATE VISIT
DAY 2- BANDWIDTH LEAD RURAL REGENERATION
Impact of Cybermoor
The business case for rural broadband
e-health - Alston Hospital
Coffee
Lessons from Cybermoor
National Context
EVALUATING CYBERMOOR
Action Research
Academic partners
Students
Consultants
Project reporting
Performance monitoring
IMPACT
Community impact
Economic impact
Education impact
ECONOMIC
25% use PCs to work from home – 7.4% national average
26 jobs created
Economic value to Alston is over £300K
SMEs supported with e-commerce, website design and general advice
EDUCATION
Two thirds of adult population improve their ICT use
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS
New jobs created
Inward investment as businesses move in
Basic ICT skills embedded in the community
Better performance by schools
Better use of community resources
THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
Lowest wages in the UK
High cost of delivering broadband
“Middle mile” bandwidth costs
£10 /Mb / month in Manchester
£266 /Mb / month in Alston
Low propensity to take up technology
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
FEEDBACK
DECISION MAKING
Members of the community were asked to choose and prioritise 5 out of a total of 18 identified schemes.
SUMMARY
Bandwidth lead regeneration delivers benefits across the community
Innovative use of technology
Delivers better public services to people
Economic impacts –money stays local
BUT
Barriers to further development can only be supported by government
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