Working Together to Improve Access
Broadband provides an always on, fast access to the internet that doesn’t tie up your telephone line. It can be delivered via a cable connection, over the telephone line or by satellite or wireless, but there isn’t a standard solution which will work in all areas. Some areas are able to use the broadband service offered by BT, whereas others are too remote and may need a wireless solution.
Local take up of ADSL Broadband within our Borough has increased significantly since July 2004 from 18.50% to 40.8% in December 2005 a significant increase of 120% in 17months. This surpass' the average within Hampshire which is 23.4%, and also exceeds the national average of 25%.
This reflects that the Borough is now 99.9% enabled through local BT Exchanges and that BT continues to work with the members of the eHampshire Forum in resolving issues within communities experiencing reach problems or degradation in service, which interesting enough does not occur in rural areas as much as services within urban areas (apparently due to straighter copper wire and less chance of being tampered with).
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and eHampshire Forum are working in partnership to raise awareness of the benefits of broadband and to identify businesses and communities within the Borough that have broadband accessibility problems.To date 28 local businesses received broadband grants and support to help then get broadband.
Basingstoke has 44 hot spots for wireless connection please follow the link below to see their locations .Basingstoke hotspot locations
Hampshire status as at - December 2007 for broadband availability
- 123 exchanges in Hampshire
- 123 ADSL service
- 27 SDSL exchanges
- 115 ADSL Max
- 88 LLU Exchange Service Providers
Take Up
BT Wholesale figures
- South East Region- 38.1%
- Hampshire - 33.6% (of population)
Virgin Media figures
- 62% take-up of broadband in Hampshire (of telephone cable customers), over 75,000 homes
Useful Links
Wired Wessex
To find the nearest wireless hot spot within a 20 miles radius of the Town Centre please go to the BTOpenzone website. also visit BroadbandGenie for more general information.
Broadband Strategy for Basingstoke and Deane
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council appointed Wired Wessex to carry out a broadband mapping project in May 2003. The purpose of this report is to summarise the work carried out over the last 6 months and make recommendations on the Council’s future strategy for dealing with broadband issues.
The details of the Strategy can be viewed by downloading the PDF document below.
A 2004 press release is also available outlining Broadband activities undertaken by the Council.See below for local residents visting the Broadband roadshow held in Hatchwarren in April 2004.
