Broadband

Supporting Broadband in Thanet

The Council's websites are under constant development, with the range of information available widening and plans in place to develop a far wider range of online services for the use  of residents and businesses, 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

As more people become familiar and comfortable with using the internet, they also become aware of the limitations of downloading large files or undertaking complicated processes using a conventional internet connection. We are aware that there are many people locally who would like to be able to access broadband services and we are campaigning at national and regional level for these to be implemented on all Thanet's exchanges as quickly as possible.

To find out if you can access broadband, you should visit the BT broadband website and type in your postcode.  If your exchange is not currently enabled, this is because BT does not consider that there is sufficient demand to do so. 

The villages of Minster, Monkton and Manston worked together to campaign for rural broadband services.  They were successful in achieving broadband status for the Minster exchange serving the villages on 3 December 2003.