Government Broadband improvement grant includes Bristol

Bristol is included in the list of cities that the government is offering a grant, to improve broadband services and connections.

Bristol City Council will be tasked with how the grant will be spent, the grant is part of the government plan to make sure that by 2015, 90% of the UK’s businesses and homes have access to broadband speeds in excess of 24mps According to Insider Media the west of England, including Bristol will receive £1.4 million, the money has come from BBC licence fees.

It is great news for people looking to rent in Bristol and business in rural areas of the South West, Bristol letting agent Kevin Cox of Igloolets.com said “Increasingly people look for a high speed broadband connection, when they are considering a new home, with the increased amount of time people now spend on the internet, and the streaming of films and other programmes it is becoming an important consideration”

Bristol County Council leader, Barbara Janke said "It is very good news that the government is investing in Superfast Broadband and today's announcement is a good start. "However, I look forward to the day when it is common place for all Bristol's businesses to have access to broadband speeds in excess of 100Mbps and for our creative companies to have access to upload and download speeds that are even higher than this. "We need to keep on the front-foot if we are to continue to deliver economic growth in these difficult times and access to the highest possible speeds is vital."