£900k bid to raise county's net speeds

NEARLY £1 million is set to be pumped into a project to improve broadband speeds across Derbyshire.

- 

County council cabinet members have agreed on £900,000 in funding to improve digital connectivity in communities where broadband speeds are lowest - particularly in rural areas.

Around 32,000 homes and businesses across the county still receive less than 100mbps in areas with no prospect of commercial providers rolling out full fibre within the next three years.

Of these, around 3,000 premises are still receiving very slow speeds of less than 10mbps making everyday activities such as streaming digital TV channels and online banking virtually impossible.