@Hector yes guaranteed by BDUK via CCC as the primary delivery organisation.
On the basis that by so doing the level of uptake is increased and reached more quick that would otherwise be the case i.e. the catalyst principle.
Securing such funding requires a coordinated and concerted push from community broadband champions, Parish and District Councils directed at Cumbria County Council.
The more voices bubbling up and demanding that democratic choice be put into the hands of those who will be saddled with the solution, the better.
Time is short and there is literally a matter of two or three weeks for CCC to be made aware of the importance of the 4U voucher, particularly in the Big Society context.
The do-nothing (or do-not-enough) option will be Community Hubs leading to BT FttC for some and a golden opportunity squandered to find better ways of delivering Digital Services.
My sense is there is significant institutional resistance in parts of Government to the idea of giving the general public vouchers and on the plus side significant goodwill politically to give 4U vouchers a go.
After all the BDUK raison d’etre is market testing, trying out innovative approaches to delivering future-proof broadband into rural areas and testing the limits of what works is surely part of that process.
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