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Group Broadband Scheme

The Group Broadband Scheme operated between 2004 - 2006. The following sets out the background to the scheme at that time:

Overview

The objective of the County and Group Broadband Schemes (CGBS) was to promote the rollout of broadband access through the establishment of sustainable broadband services in towns, villages, rural hinterlands and underserved areas of larger towns on the basis of local/regional authority coordination and community driven initiatives.
The scheme was open to all smaller and rural communities of less than 1,500 people. It enabled local communities to work with a broadband service provider of their own choice, or to draw up and implement their own broadband plan, with the aim of launching a broadband service for residents and small & medium sized businesses in their area. 
 
There were two calls for proposals under the scheme, one in 2004 and one in 2005. Projects approved under each phase are listed separately.