The Rural Internet Revolution

The one constant in telecoms is change. And every now and then a product emerges to replace a gap in the market that genuinely changes lives.

In the UK it’s become traditional to moan about Openreach and how hopeless they are. And in the case of many rural communities up and down the country that moaning is more than justified. It’s a by-product of privatisation that if provision to a specific area is not economical then it just doesn’t happen.

Given the distances involved in providing fibre to remote locations, and the provision of the required cabling there are some communities in the UK that might never see a high speed fibre broadband connection – whatever the promises of a succession of Governments. And that’s where our new product comes in!

It’s not even really that new. Essentially its an external dish that connects to a mobile phone mast and provides high speed 4G or 5G mobile data to a premises, where no high speed internet capability has been possible. And this is the life-changing bit. In a modern world (particularly post Covid) where people are spending more and more time working from home, and communicating with friends, family, colleagues and clients – a reliable (and above all fast) internet connection has never been more important.

Rural pressure groups have been formed to pressure the UKs larger telecoms networks to deliver connectivity to those areas. MPs have been lobbied. A Govt initiative to provide connection vouchers has been and gone (and a new one introduced) promising 98% fibre connectivity. All admirable – and have made a change to some. But for that 2% of properties who weren’t eligible the frustration continued.

And then – the UKs mobile networks introduced ‘Unlimited Data tariffs’. And overnight the dishes introduced some years before became a truly viable option. With high speed data it was easy to burn through a 100GB tariff in a weekend – with gaming, streaming and access to remote servers all drawing down huge data parcels. No longer was this such a big issue.

Here at VOOT we have become accustomed to seeing people roll out the red carpet for us when we arrive to install their dish. And its then we realised just how much this product really does change lives. We have launched a new dedicated website  to promote it – and we will now offer FREE site surveys in a range of postcode areas so we can demonstrate just how brilliant this product is. And when we’ve demonstrated just how fast your internet could be in just a few weeks, we’ll leave you to imagine just how much that will change your life!