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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martyn Landi

Rural primary schools to get broadband upgrade in £82 million scheme

PA Wire

Up to 3,000 primary schools across rural England are to gain access to gigabit-speed broadband as part of a new multimillion-pound investment, the Government has said.

A joint £82 million investment from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Education (DfE) will see rural schools have the cost of connecting them to the faster broadband covered by the new programme.

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