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David Cameron cancelled summer holiday
because he couldn't get any signal on his
phone
PM couldn't keep up to date with
fall of Gaddafi
David Cameron has said he had to cut
short holidays in Cornwall because of the
lack of mobile phone signal

David Cameron has revealed that he has
twice cut short family holidays to
Cornwall and rushed back to London –
because he was unable to get signal on his
mobile phone.
For many of us the chance to disconnect
is one of the biggest perks of a summer
getaway – but it seems it isn’t that simple
when you’re the Prime Minister and crises
erupt in the Middle East.
Bemoaning the woeful broadband speeds
and network coverage available in the
hills and B roads of the South West, Mr
Cameron admitted that there had been
times when it was so bad he had to give
up on his regular rural escape altogether.
Speaking in an interview marking the
Western Morning News’ first Sunday
edition today, the Prime Minister said that
for important calls to the likes of US
President Barack Obama he “know[s]
where to go to get signal”.
But when more volatile and long-running
conflicts have emerge in recent years, Mr
Cameron said, Cornish connectivity hasn’t
been enough for him to keep up.
In August last year he had to rush back
east to deal with the growing crisis in
Syria, and in 2011 a lack of signal
similarly prevented him from being
updated on the fall of colonel Muammar
Gaddafi in Libya.
He said poor technology “affects Prime
Ministers making important calls
wherever they are, but it affects
everybody”, and that so-called Broadband
“not-spots” are “a really big issue for
people all over the country”.
Mr Cameron’s Government has already
said it is investing up to £150 million to
improve mobile coverage in areas where
there is currently no coverage from any of
the mobile network operators.
David and Samantha Cameron on holiday in
Polzeath, Cornwall last summer
And ministers are discussing plans to
persuade mobile phone operators to help
increase coverage by sharing phone
masts, allowing for national roaming
across providers in the UK and addressing
the “not-spot” issue.
The Prime Minister said: “For rural
communities, not being connected to
super-fast broadband is a bit like not
being connected to the road network. It's
that bad.
“So much work is being done online that
it really is a 'must-have'. We've got to
crack this.”