Remote villages in regions such as Cumbria should enjoy the funding boost for rural broadband. Photo: Charlie Hedley to guardianMillions of Britons living in rural areas are set to benefit from internet faster speeds after the Government allocated £ 362 m to improve broadband connections in England and Scotland .
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, said Tuesday that the Fund would ensure that 90% of hard to reach communities with "painfully slow" internet speeds to access Superfast broadband by 2015.
Remote villages in the areas in regions such as Cumbria and the Scottish Highlands, where it is currently difficult to load a simple Web page, you should be able to download or stream high quality movies within four years.
English counties get £ 294 m and Scotland £ 68. 8 m to bring high-speed internet to areas not taken into account for the private sector. The assignments that come out of the £ 530 m "digital United Kingdom" Fund commitment of Chancellor, George Osborne, earlier this year.
"I definitely decided, the United Kingdom will have the best super fast broadband network in Europe by 2015 – we all enjoy," said Hunt. "Quick broadband is essential to our economic growth, to deliver public services efficiently and to implement our everyday lives.
"But some areas of the UK is missing, with many rural and hard to reach communities suffering painfully slow internet connections, or no coverage at all. We are not willing to leave certain parts of our country get left behind in the digital age. "
English Councils and private companies will be responsible for the delivery of broadband deployment, with delivery plans and match-funding expected to be drawn up to specify timetables. The Scottish Government will decide how to allocate money in Scotland.
Hunt added: "the Government is investing £ 530 m of public money to help bring broadband to all homes and business in the United Kingdom. We do our part – it is now up to local authorities and the Scottish Government to do their bit, to come on board and work with us to ensure the social and economic future for their communities. "
"I urge all those who suffer frustration over slow internet connections to make it clear to your local elected representatives that you expect them to do what is needed to access this investment and deliver broadband to your community."
Wales and Northern Ireland have already been allocated their share of the Fund for the spread of broadband.
Wales was last month given £ 56. 9 m, with the Welsh Government is expected to match the Fund to complete the rural broadband upgrade plan.
Northern Ireland is to get £ 4. 4 m as part of the program. Northern Ireland-Executive will decide how to spend the money.
Bedfordshire (Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton): £ 1, 060,000
Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham): £ 1, 430,000
Buckinghamshire (Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes): £ 2, 100,000
Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire, Peterborough): £ 6, 750,000
Cheshire (Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Warrington): £ 3, 240,000
Cumbria (Cumbria): £ 17, 130,000
Derbyshire (Derbyshire, Derby): £ 7, 390,000
Devon and Somerset (Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, Somerset, North Somerset): £ 31, $ 320,000
Dorset (Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole): £ 9,440,000
Durham (County Durham, Gateshead): £ 7, 790,000
East Sussex (East Sussex, Brighton and Hove): £ 10, 640,000
Essex (Essex, Southend-on-sea, Thurrock): £ 6, 460,000
Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire): £ 8, 070,000
Greater Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan): £ 990,000
Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton): £ 8, 420,000
Herefordshire (County of Herefordshire): £ 6, 350,000
Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire): £ 1, 110,000
Humber (the city of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire): £ 8, 540,000 (reviewed)
Kent (Kent, Medway): £ 9, 870,000
Lancashire (Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool): £ 10, 830,000
Leicestershire and Rutland (Leicestershire, Leicester, Rutland): £ 3, 880,000
Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire): £ 14, 310,000
Merseyside (Watford, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral): £ 5, 460,000
Norfolk (Norfolk): £ 15, 440,000
Northamptonshire (Northamptonshire): £ 4, 080,000
Northumberland (Northumberland): £ 7, 030,000
North Yorkshire (North Yorkshire, York): £ 17, 840,000
Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire, Nottingham): £ 4, 400,000
Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire): £ 3, 860,000
Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Snow-white): £ 8, 210,000
Staffordshire (Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent): £ 7, 440,000
Suffolk (Suffolk): £ 11, 680,000
Surrey (Surrey): £ 1, 310,000
Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees): £ 770,000
Tyne and Wear (Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland): £ 3, 420,000
Warwickshire (Warwickshire, Coventry, Solihull): £ 4, 070,000
To the West of England (Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, South Gloucestershire): £ 1, 430,000
West Midlands (Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton): £ 630,000
West Sussex (West Sussex): £ 6, 260,000
West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calder valleys, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Leeds, Wakefield): £ 6, 340,000
Wiltshire (Wiltshire, Swindon): £ 4, 900,000
Worcestershire (Worcestershire): £ 3, 350,000
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