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Life isn't about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself'

George Bernard Shaw
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Good news on rural broadband



A vital hurdle that might have stood in the way of Suffolk County Council’s intention to roll superfast broadband out across 85%  of the County by 2015 has been cleared.

The project is dependent on funding from the British government, but this will only be forthcoming if it could be proved that the payments were not being made in contravention of EU state aid rules.   

MEP’s from rural areas have been lobbying the Commission to speed up what can be a very slow approval process, and the Culture Secretary, Maria Miller has also been pressing hard on this, having visited the relevant commissioner last month.

It seems that the lobbying has paid off, and the green light was given last week.  A number of  Conservative MEP’s played a role in pushing the process along, including Vicky Ford, who represents the East of England.

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