After £30m of public funding was secured to improve the county’s broadband, it is now up to the people of Norfolk to prove the demand which will attract private investment.

The right bidder will only come forward if Norfolk can convince them there is enough demand to make the scheme viable – which is where your help is vitally needed.

The EDP has teamed up with Norfolk County Council to launch the Say Yes to Better Broadband campaign aiming to generate a “critical mass” of interest from every section of society.

Today the council launched a demand registration website to collect details from tens of thousands of individual users before the procurement process begins in April.

Campaigners are urging the whole of Norfolk’s population to help the project team’s ambitions to unlock broadband speeds of 30Mbps (megabits per second) for as many people as possible – and provide a minimum standard of 2Mbps for all.

That will instantly make it possible for families to speed up basic tasks like shopping, banking, entertainment and conversation – as well as providing a network capable of dealing with the technological advances of the future.

You can register your interest in superfast broadband through the county council’s new website from Wednesday.

Norfolk County Council Broadband page: http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/Council_and_democracy/Online_services/NCC093425