My company is based in the Ribble Valley - hit by foot and mouth quite badly. I cannot get broadband access as the local exchange does not have the correct equipment. Why don't the government subsidise the installation of broadband equipment in rural areas where the economy has been badly effected by foot and mouth? The alternative is that companies will drift to the towns and pay £40 a month, as compared to at least £300 that we, as a company, are forced to pay.

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