Broadband for all British homes considered by ministers

Posted in: Digital Divide at 19/10/2008 09:58

Lord Carter, the new communications minister, is keen to introduce a legal right for every home to have broadband

The possibility of connecting every home in Britain to a broadband fast internet service is to be examined by ministers, amid concerns that offline families are missing out on financial and educational benefits.

Lord Carter, the former Number 10 aide who was appointed communications minister this month, is keen to introduce a legal right for every home to have broadband to force phone companies to do more.

To read more of this story in The Times, see Broadband for all homes considered by ministers
Lord Carter, the new communications minister, is keen to introduce a legal right for every home to have broadband

The possibility of connecting every home in Britain to a broadband fast internet service is to be examined by ministers, amid concerns that offline families are missing out on financial and educational benefits.

Lord Carter, the former Number 10 aide who was appointed communications minister this month, is keen to introduce a legal right for every home to have broadband to force phone companies to do more.

To read more of this story in The Times, see business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article4965272.ece.

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