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On Wednesday 28th September 2016, an agreement was signed in the province of Utrecht between government officials, residents, and businesses from the province. This is the first step towards fast internet in the rural areas of the province of Utrecht.
The declaration includes, among other things, residents being willing to pay more for fast internet. This makes it much more interesting for developers to start cabling the sparsely populated rural areas. The province is providing a contribution of one million euros, allowing the Utrecht municipalities to conduct research into suitable ways to lay the cables and identify who wants to make use of them. Currently, there are almost 12,500 addresses in the rural area that are not connected to broadband internet.
In this process, Dialogic has mainly contributed to process formation. Dialogic also conducted a white area analysis beforehand to determine the target area of the policy and decide how the available funds could best be distributed.
As a memento of this moment, Dialogic offered a piece of the first fibre optic cable to all aldermen, deputy governors, and other stakeholders; thanks to TKF for providing this gift.