Dan Howdle … warned that “digital black holes” risked economic decline as businesses needed an online presence.

… “These often beautiful, scenic locations will become ghost towns,” he said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35718107

Perhaps our new super-devolved Devon and Somerset Local Enterprise Partnership could divert some of the vast sums of our money they are pledging to the Hinkley Point power station that may never be built to this good cause that will no doubt promote “economic growth”, though perhaps not for the people they would rather it went to.