Early Day Motion·EDM 1028
SUPERFAST BROADBAND IN CUMBRIA
17 November 20102 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale
Motion Text
That this House believes that fast broadband services are vital to ensuring universal internet access; notes that many rural areas such as Cumbria do not have access to such services; maintains that urgent action is needed by broadband suppliers to provide better services to those in rural areas; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to ensure everyone has access by right to broadband speeds of at least two megabits per secondby 2015.