The rural business people attempting to get better broadband coverage might well be advised to buy David Cameron a Devon hideaway – broadband might follow VERY quickly!
“DAVID Cameron is splashing £300,000 of taxpayers’ cash on a mast so that he can get better mobile coverage at his favourite holiday resort. The Prime Minister is reportedly annoyed at the lack of signal at the remote Polzeath in Cornwall where he and his wife Sam regularly go surfing.
… Outraged locals have slammed the “appalling” proposals, that will benefit just 74 homes. The mast can provide reception for up to five miles around. Local resident Mark Crowdy branded the replacement an “eyesore” and said it “is a terrible idea”.
Shadow Culture Secretary Chris Bryan blasted the Conservatives over the proposals, accusing them of double standards because they are falling short of their £150million pledge to get nationwide coverage.
He said: “Every day thousands of people have to live and work without phone signal because this Government can’t get its act together to sort it. Instead they’re spending taxpayers’ money so the PM can get phone signal on holiday.”
East Devon Watch 