Poor Broadband Progress in Newcastle and Liverpool

Forty four of the forty seven projects that have been set in motion to enhance broadband facilities in the UK have been accepted or will be awarded the green signal very soon. However, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has identified three sets of local offices that are not making the requisite progress.

Mr. Ed Vaizey the Minister for Communications has announced that he would arrange an urgent meetings with Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Wirral, Sefton; Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland North Tyneside and South Tyneside; and Bath and North East Somerset.

This venture could probably endanger the strategies that have been planned for high speed broadband in 90% of the UK in another three years time, and also the basic prerequisite for 2Mbps download speeds that is to be made available throughout the UK.

Nevertheless, supplementary funding from Europe has also been obtained to enhance broadband network facilities in the UK. In addition 100 million more pounds has been granted to the UK’s already existing investment of 630 million pounds.

Some of the newest places to have their plans for broadband approved are Kent and Medway, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, City of Portsmouth and the City of Southampton and Lincoln and Hampshire. Me. Vaizey stated that he was overwhelmed by the eagerness with which most of the councils have displayed in availing the chance to provide high speed broadband.