Broadband survey
We had a huge response to our broadband survey which supported our successful bid for money to transform services in the county.
Over 6,500 residents and businesses completed the survey which was heavily promoted in local media.
And the information it provided was used to back our successful bid for £7.39m from the Government's Broadband Delivery UK scheme.
Headline findings from residential respondents included:
Only 20 per cent said their internet service was very reliable
34 per cent use the internet for home and business use
67 per cent need to upload/download large documents
36 per cent have to work from home one or more days a week
Information provided by businesses included:
87 per cent said broadband connectivity is very important to operations
Only 11 per cent of businesses said their current service was very good
48 per cent are very concerned about future broadband provision
75 per cent said provision of superfast broadband will improve overall performance
84 per cent said the availability of superfast broadband was either very or fairly important when relocating their business.
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