Good news comes to the residents of Montgomeryshire, a county in northern Wales, as its recent speed-up-our-broadband campaign has grabbed the attention of National Farming Union Cymru (NFUC) as well as Farmers Union of Wales (FUW), both of which promised to grant their support to the cause.

Alwyn Vaughan, FUW County Chairman for Montgomeryshire, was quoted as saying:

"Many farming businesses rely on the internet for their tourism and direct sales businesses as well as administrative activities such as VAT, BCMS and shortly Single Payment applications will be going online and a good reliable internet connection will be required."

These are not the only bodies that gave the Monty Broadband project the thumbs up, internet service provider eXwavia, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and also Mid Wales Manufacturing Group (MWMG) all pledged their support.

eXwavia, for instance promised to take the region from being a "notspot" to having the "fastest rural broadband" in the country. It also underlined that "many parts of Wales, including Montgomeryshire, simply won't be able to access good broadband through 'conventional' means" which is why it decided to support the scheme.

What other options notspots have? Mobile and satellite broadband, the latter being the only saviour for some truly isolated areas.