Farmer An
ita Tackley and her family manage a thriving small business with 500 milking cows and a bed and breakfast in their 17th-century home.
But in this seemingly timeless landscape, they have got a very modern headache - no broadband internet.
The farm is in a 'not spot' - one of thousands across Britain that are too far from the nearest telephone exchange to get broadband access.
"Everybody else seems to be able to get a broadband connection so I don't see why we shouldn't be able to have one too," complained Anita.
She cannot get access to the up-to-the-minute weather forecasts she needs on the farm, and her daughters struggle to complete their school homework without a good internet connection.
In the nearby village of Hambleden, locals say they are being left behind by the information age - despite being just 40 miles from London.
"I just find it incredible that you can get an 8MB broadband connection in the middle of the Sahara Desert and yet here we are in a very affluent part of the country with no internet access at all other than dial-up," said resident Matt Murton, who works in the IT industry.
The village is not alone in sitting on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Some 40% of British households still do not have broadband, and average connection speeds lag well behind France, Germany, the US and Japan.
The Government's Digital Report - put together by Communications Minister Lord Carter - promises to solve Hambleden's problems.
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ita Tackley and her family manage a thriving small business with 500 milking cows and a bed and breakfast in their 17th-century home.But in this seemingly timeless landscape, they have got a very modern headache - no broadband internet.
The farm is in a 'not spot' - one of thousands across Britain that are too far from the nearest telephone exchange to get broadband access.
"Everybody else seems to be able to get a broadband connection so I don't see why we shouldn't be able to have one too," complained Anita.
She cannot get access to the up-to-the-minute weather forecasts she needs on the farm, and her daughters struggle to complete their school homework without a good internet connection.
In the nearby village of Hambleden, locals say they are being left behind by the information age - despite being just 40 miles from London.
"I just find it incredible that you can get an 8MB broadband connection in the middle of the Sahara Desert and yet here we are in a very affluent part of the country with no internet access at all other than dial-up," said resident Matt Murton, who works in the IT industry.
The village is not alone in sitting on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Some 40% of British households still do not have broadband, and average connection speeds lag well behind France, Germany, the US and Japan.
The Government's Digital Report - put together by Communications Minister Lord Carter - promises to solve Hambleden's problems.
For further details visit as : news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Digital-Britain-Plans-To-Rewire-Britain-Revealed-Broadband-Access-For-Rural-Areas/Article/200906315307504?lpos=UK_News_Second_Technology_Article_Teaser_Region__1&lid=ARTICLE_15307504_Digital_Britain%3A_Plans_To_Rewire_Britain_Revealed%3B_Broadband_Access_For_Rural_Areas
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