Villagers in parts of Cornwall can now surf the internet at the same speed as business leaders in some of the world's financial hotspots.

Chacewater and Blackwater near Truro are thought to be the first rural villages in the UK to get so-called "superfast" broadband.

A multimillion-pound project has announced its first hard-to-reach communities to receive super-fast broadband.

Eight Cornish villages will have broadband with speeds of up to 100mb by the end of March.

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are set to become one of the best connected locations in the world under an ambitious £132 million (1) project announced today by BT and Cornwall Council and supported by European funding.

A trial has been launched in the Caradon Hill area of Cornwall that is aimed at bringing superfast mobile broadband to the rescue of many rural internet users if tests prove successful.