Rural Community Broadband Survey Results

ruralbroadbandThe Haddington and Lammermuir Area Partnership have published a report summarising the results of the recent Community Broadband Survey.

528 responses were received to the survey, 69 of which came from the East Lammermuir area.

Unsurprisingly, a huge majority (80%) of respondant premises reported that they were dissatisfied with their current broadband provision. A massive 99% of respondants stated they would be interested in accessing superfast broadband in the future, and 72% of those stated that they would be prepared to pay more to have access to it, despite concerns that the rural communities were being disadvantaged by the lack of effective broadband provision.

View the report and find out what will happen next by clicking Rural Broadband survey – Summary report

Take the Survey To Help Improve Broadband Availability in Rural Areas

The availability of fast and reliable broadband is becoming more and more important in daily life – for learning, work and leisure. Connectivity however is varied across East Lothian and many rural and remote areas of the county are unlikely to benefit significantly from existing roll out plans for Superfast Broadband in the area.

To help ensure that people living in rural areas across East Lothian do not miss out on the opportunities offered by Superfast Broadband, Area Partnerships are working with Community Broadband Scotland to develop a project that will deliver access to effective broadband to rural and remote communities.

The next step in this project is to be able to prove that a significant number of people in these areas really want and need Superfast Broadband. It is hoped to do this through the Improving Broadband Connectivity Survey. The survey is available here 

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey.

Printed paper copies can be provided if people prefer.

The survey closes on the 20th Feb. 2015.