It is vital that Oxfordshire ensures its broadband services are fit for the 21st century. It is no exaggeration to say that many people could be left behind.

The world has changed and continues to change rapidly precisely because high-speed broadband is available to most people.

Increasingly, it will become the main way in which goods and services are provided.

It follows then that those who do not have access to high-speed broadband will find it harder to either provide those goods and services or to receive them.

Ultimately, that could make living in Oxfordshire and doing business in Oxfordshire much harder that it is elsewhere.