Satellite broadband is already popular in remote areas of Scotland, where Avanti has 200,000 customers. While the service cannot match the speeds of fixed-services because of the distances involved, in many locations it represents the only available option. Increasingly, however, rural communities have found ways to persuade companies to extend broadband, either through grants or raising their own contributions. A £132 million European Union grant for Cornwall and the south-west is currently being spent on providing broadband at speeds of up to 100 mbps. The Government has also announced an auction that will make new areas of the radio spectrum available for advanced wireless broadband services.