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There is a concentration of data centres and ISP services in the London area, but growth is being limited by power supply restrictions until after the Olympics.

To encourage entrepreneurs, for resilience, and growth of services after the current downturn, there should be a wider distribution of net services and data centres, across the UK (built near power plants), thus providing for new services, and backup, in case of power cuts or failures in the South East.

Further, to encourage small businesses and have an environmental benefit (encouraging teleworking, and internet based services / shops) Rural areas should get faster broadband to "level the playing field" compared with urban dwellers. Cities already have many higher speed services, at 16/ 24 Mbps, plus cable, and fibre too.

FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) should be funded by Government as infrastructure development for Rural areas first, followed by cities.

Current signatories

Peter Morgan, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Richard Healing
• Richard Stretton
• Andrew Hart
• DAVID ROBETSON
• James Williams
• simon smith
• Richard Donkin
• Richard Beal
• Chris Page
• Adam Temperton
• Lee McCartney
• J Talbot
• Ben Bird
• James Williams
• John Nutt
• Richard Avery
• Michael Barber
• Peter Alexander Gordon
• Steven Darke
• Kevin Shuttlewood
• Steven Cadden
• David Farley
• Janet Sidgwick
• Stuart Wells
• Jason Amos
• simon moore
• Mark Harrison
• Dafydd Roberts
• David Navin
• adam rowland
• David Clift
• David Ward
• Nick Clarkson
• Martin Hamilton
• Jim Steward
• Anne Kasica, the-shg.org
• John Curtis
• Joshua Welby
• Jonathan Burton