broadband - why it really really matters

The humble green junction box - unnoticed on many a street corner in the villages across Cambridgeshire. But these are the vital links in bringing superfast broadband to our benighted lives, so that we can join the 21st century. 

Seriously, I was at a seminar last week where the scale and ambition of the digital revolution was being set out. So many services will depend on access to proper braodband that this is fast becoming an essential as much as water and electricity. 

Our villages are having the upgrades so that SFBB can be rolled out by BT later this year. I'm hoping to get to the County Council briefing for broadband champions later this week to be able to report more. But it is happening, and if you see people in hi-viz jackets tinkering with the insides of these modest little pieces of street furniture, you know that it won't be too long now. 

Heathfield - waiting for broadband

Residents of Heathfield told me this evening they hope that superfast broadband  - or even relatively brisk broadband - comes soon because at the moment most houses can't even get the required 2mb to sign up for the most basic services.

Broadband is fast becoming an essential connection as so many services depend on people using it.
The County is rolling out its "Connecting Cambridgeshire" High-speed fibre broadbandand people really want it.

Until then, here's a picture of the sunset over the fields to the north of Heathfield, which residents do not want to see built on - I agree, because there just isn't the infrastructure to add to the houses at Heathfield already there.