Web design business owner backs high-speed connection
A LEADING Torbay business whose company (Createanet) relies on good internet access has backed a campaign to put the resort in the broadband fast lane.
Torbay Development Agency and Torbay Council are lobbying BT to increase broadband speeds into the resort and to put Torbay in the front row when the company rolls out super-fast broadband.
A nationwide survey is under way to enable households and businesses to show local demand for super-fast fibre broadband, run as a competition called the Race to Infinity.
BT’s Open Reach division will be deciding which parts of the country will receive the improved technology first.
Kevin King, owner of Createanet website design firm, said: “I moved to the Bay in 1976 and since that time I have witnessed several what I would call traditional businesses come and go.
“Virtual businesses, on the other hand, present a completely different scenario. “Createanet successfully trades all over the world. At the same time, I get to look out on Torquay’s harbourside, and this scenario is the same for a number of our clients.
“The virtual world offers a fantastic opportunity for our area, we should be encouraging companies to move their virtual operations into the area. All we need is a good broadband infrastructure to support them which is why I feel it is essential that the area gets BT Infinity.