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Catch the pigeon! Super-slow broadband and the rural economy
Geoff Riley
16th September 2010
In a digital age the speed and reliability of broadband access is a major supply-side issue affecting the competitiveness of thousands of businesses in rural areas in the UK. This BBC news article captures the issue well as a race is set up between a digital download and a carrier pigeon. Broadband ‘carriers’ are expected to lose!
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.