07-12-2022, 08:28 PM
(07-12-2022, 07:15 PM)Radio_man Wrote: There are still many rural and remote areas of Britain that don't have broadband internet access. Unless government launches a major rollout of high speed broadband to every area of Britain over the next 10-15 years, how will people in remote and rural areas of Britain access TV and Radio services? Some remote areas currently can only pick up satellite TV, as even the Freeview signal is too poor.Not "many":
Ofcom say:
Quote:Factoring in the coverage estimates provided by FWA providers, we estimate that there remain
around 83,000 premises that do not have access to a decent broadband service from a fixed network
or an FWA network. This has fallen from our estimate of 99,500 in our Spring Update.
FWA being a reference to fixed wireless, i.e. 4G/5G or specially built wireless networks.
The BBC's press release specifically references Freeview, probably as it is very costly to run - so how many of the 83k are somehow so rural that they can't get broadband (and won't by the time this actually happens), somehow receive good Freeview service today, and somehow couldn't get Freesat?