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Mr R. Hunt

Digital City (UK) Ltd

10th Floor
David Murray John Building
Swindon

SN1 1NH

6th December 2010

Dear Mr Hunt,

Following the submission of the feasibility study of Bathgate Wi-Fi Zone I can confirm that the Board of Enterprising Bathgate have elected to not proceed with the scheme for the reasons outlined below.

1.    The initial Wi-Fi network area is too limited and excludes over 50% of Levy payers.

  1. Digital City proposes a 6 year scheme; the BID is only in operation until 2013.

  1. There is no guaranteed funding for the future phases as recommended in the feasibility study.

  1. WLC do not have the resource to designate and officer to champion the scheme as recommended in the feasibility study.

  1. Enterprising Bathgate do not have the resources to facilitate Market Research with local businesses.

  1. There is no commercial feasibility demonstrated within the report.

We would like to thank you for your efforts and wish you well for the future.

Yours Sincerely

David Stein

Chairperson

Enterprising Bathgate Ltd