The Chief Executive of ruralnet|uk, the rural regeneration charity, welcomed the British Telecom (BT) announcement on the extended reach of the basic ADSL service (18 August, ref NR075) but advised against complacency.
Simon Berry said,
"Already many businesses regard broadband as an essential utility, like water or electricity. The big difference between broadband and the other utilities is that broadband technology is improving all the time. This means that what is regarded as broadband today will not support the services of tomorrow being developed for delivery over broadband.
"The BT announcement of the increased reach of ADSL is very welcome, but ruralnet|uk has an ongoing duty to do all it can to ensure the relative disadvantage, suffered by rural businesses and the communities they support, is continually reduced."
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