Council leader Peter Jones has met with Jeremy Hunt, culture secretary, to present why the county needs to receive broadband funding.
East Sussex County Council chiefs have met with the government to expose why it is important for the area to receive investment for the development of super-fast broadband infrastructure.
Peter Jones talked with Jeremy Hunt and representatives from Broadband Delivery UK and asked them for help in preventing a digital divide between East Sussex and more developed parts of the country.
The meeting was part of the local council’s plan to resolve the slow broadband speed issue that affects large parts of the county.
According to the local newspaper, Hasting is barely served by internet connections and the average download speed is somewhere around 2Mbps, a speed Jeremy Hunt previously described as “not enough”.
It seems that one of the most affected parts of Hasting is Edinburgh Road, the place for the new St Leonards Academy school, an institution sponsored by telecoms giant, BT.
Mr Jones believes that the meeting was a success and that the culture secretary truly believe in the need for improved broadband speed in East Sussex County.
“The rollout of super-fast broadband can provide an enormous boost to our economy,” the council leader stated. “It will help businesses in our main towns and especially in our more remote, rural area where access to this technology is crucial.”
“At every opportunity we will lobby government on this issue.”