![Dan Yates, Pitchup.com founder, said: "Chronic underinvestment in rural connectivity has meant setting up and running a business in many parts of the British countryside is just not viable. Unless real action is taken [to address broadband in rural and farming communities], the rural economy will continue to decline to a point where it will no longer be sustainable."](https://image.chitra.live/api/v1/wps/2825d37/2f2e9851-0e72-4675-b51e-10a7724503a6/9/fill/Dan-Yates-roi-4-679x419.jpg "Dan Yates, Pitchup.com founder, said: \"Chronic underinvestment in rural connectivity has meant setting up and running a business in many parts of the British countryside is just not viable. Unless real action is taken [to address broadband in rural and farming communities], the rural economy will continue to decline to a point where it will no longer be sustainable.\"")
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Dan Yates, Pitchup.com founder, said: "Chronic underinvestment in rural connectivity has meant setting up and running a business in many parts of the British countryside is just not viable. Unless real action is taken [to address broadband in rural and farming communities], the rural economy will continue to decline to a point where it will no longer be sustainable."
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