The kits are available for people in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
People struggling with poor mobile phone signal can borrow equipment that aims to improve their connection.
The scheme, co-ordinated by Warwickshire Council, allows people living in rural "not-spots" to use antennas and routers temporarily, to see if their signal improves. It is for people living in the River Severn Partnership catchment area, which includes Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire."We know there are rural areas across the region where connectivity is at best weak and at worst non-existent," said councillor Martin Watson, from Warwickshire County Council."Both fixed and mobile connectivity are essential in today’s world, in business and in our daily lives.
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