Once upon a time, power cuts, spent light bulbs and fused electrical goods were enough to leave us feeling exasperated and lacking, as though denied an essential resource. Of course, these are things we take for granted; they assist us enormously in the running of our everyday lives and have been around for the duration of most of our living memories. More recent, however, is our reliance on a twenty-four hour, consistent and speedy connection to the internet. So significant a number of us have grown used to turning to computer screens to retrieve endless amounts of useful, or indeed useless information – from train times to movie trivia – that when connections fail we really feel at a loss. In spite of all this, it would be wrong to think that everyone has been part of in the web-based revolution here described: ICT infrastructure and community broadband projects, for example, have only recently helped rural communities realise the benefits of the age of information. Some households, research centres and even business parks have been left behind in the wake of rapid technological change. But, thanks to next generation access, those originally excluded now look to be catching up.
It is an imperative now that business parks and other enterprises have access to the best internet connections out there. For households it is certainly annoying when family members, friends and acquaintances can’t be contacted through social networks, Skype or email, but for businesses a lack of communication can often entail a loss of clientèle because those who seek their services deem a disconnected enterprise a backward and uninspired one. Luckily, then, ICT infrastructure improvement services have somewhat come to the rescue of such parks and labs; the likes of Nottingham’s BioCity and the science park belonging to the University of Southampton have been able to deliver improved services as an outcome of the positive work done by broadband improvement companies that simultaneously offer next generation access and community broadband.
Indeed, the local and international bonds of those inhabiting rural areas have been fostered and strengthened by community broadband projects and next generation access. Altogether, ICT infrastructure innovations represent highly progressive moves to bridge Britain’s North-South divide as well as the distance between the UK as a whole and the rest of the world.
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