\r\nThe Countryside Alliance has said that it thinks the approach is\r\n“not good enough”.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nUnder the plan, Vodafone, EE, O2 and Three will operate equipment\r\npaid for by government funds.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\n“It’s brilliant that they’re doing it,” said Charlotte Cooper from\r\nthe Countryside Alliance.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\n“[But] we’re a little bit concerned that they seem to have rolled\r\nback on what they said they were going to do.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\n“Originally it was going to be 92% of the 70,000 premises across the\r\ncountry with no signal. Now it’s only 75% at best. We don’t think\r\nthat’s good enough.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\n\r\nO2 highlighted its TuGo app as something it is doing to help\r\n“customers in areas that may not have coverage”.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nThe service lets users make and receive calls, send texts and access\r\nvoicemail using a wi-fi connection.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nAnd if you’ve got that wi-fi connection you can also do lots of other\r\nthings on the Internet.\r\nAnd if the phone coverage is 4G LTE, ditto.\r\n
\r\nOf course a big difference is at least the U.K. government is trying\r\nto cover U.K. not spots, which is more than our local governments\r\nseem to be doing.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a>\r\nLast month details were given about which so-called “not spots”\r\nwould benefit from the \u00a3150m Mobile Infrastructure Plan.\r\n<\/p>\r\n