"We do get some firms complaining that we should stock their products simply because they are Cornish, but we don't just sell things because they are made in Cornwall, the quality has to be there too, " he says.

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In Cornwall, BT and Everything Everywhere - formerly known as Orange and T-Mobile - have begun testing 4G under very different conditions.

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So whatever is responsible for Devon and Cornwall's trend-bucking crime rise, it doesn't look as if it can simply be blamed on the cuts.

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