The government wants everyone in the UK to have access to a basic broadband service by 2012, either through a traditional phone line or over a mobile phone network, with the telecoms industry paying for it.The plan is expected to be announced by Lord Carter, the government’s new communications minister and the former industry regulator, in his preliminary Digital Britain report this month, according to industry sources.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/15/broadband-for-all-in-ukLord Carter drops ‘broadband for all’ hint
Lord Carter has today hinted that his forthcoming vision for Digital Britain will include a promise to get broadband to everyone in the UK and that the government may have a financial role to play in the rollout of the next generation of superfast internet networks.Ahead of the publication of his initial Digital Britain report on the UK’s digital economy later this month, the communications minister also used a speech to the Westminster eForum to deliver a stinging rebuke to the UK media industry over its failure to come up with a way of creating a long-term public service competitor to the BBC.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/14/lord-carter-drops-broadband-all-hint
uk: Broadband for all to be funded by the industry
The government wants everyone in the UK to have access to a basic broadband service by 2012, either through a traditional phone line or over a mobile phone network, with the telecoms industry paying for it.