Scotland has done more than any other part of the United Kingdom to bring broadband to its whole territory. Following a long-term strategy, the Scottish Government, has committed almost £25 million to achieve what amounts to a “Universal Service Commitment” on broadband.
A set of overlapping initiatives has made 0.5Mbps broadband access available to every home [...]
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The UK government’s 2009 Budget recently gave support to a new universal service obligation (USO), which would require that everybody in the country be able to access a broadband Internet connection that is capable of at least 2Mbps (download speed) by 2012. The move, which was first proposed by Lord Carter’s Interim Digital Britain report [...]
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London, United Kingdom -16 April 2009. Digital Britain and the promise of next generation broadband networks will lead the agenda at the Technosummits Annual Broadband Connect Summit, taking place in London on 16 June 2009.
With Lord Carter due to publish his final report in June on the vision for Digital Britain, this industry summit could [...]
A new website will help local government and community activists to get better broadband services in their areas. They will be able to use it to identify local needs and develop the strategies to bring “superband” speeds to the whole UK.
Visitors to the Point Topic “BroadBand Geography” site will be able to click on a [...]
The Government’s Digital Britain report has proposed the target of a universal broadband service delivering at least 2 megabits per second (Mbps) throughout the UK. The idea has been heavily criticised as too little too late. But Point Topic’s specialist broadband research team strongly supports it.
We believe that investing to deliver 2Mbps could provide the [...]
