Contentious Broadband Tax Could be Law Before Next Elections
A divisive broadband levy on the phone lines of the United Kingdom, proposed as part of the final Digital Britain report published in June this year, is believed to get converted into law before the forthcoming elections in the country, according to the claims of a minister. This turn out is quiet significant for the [...]
Universal Broadband Could Cost Rural Communities Dearly
It is understood that the government’s plans to provide every household in the United Kingdom with a broadband connection of at least up to 2Mbps access speeds, could possibly leave the people who lived in the rural areas in the danger of being slapped with higher internet charges. This information according to Devon, a regional [...]
Promise ‘em 4Mbps, if You Truly Want to Give ‘em 2Mbps Broadband
Although the government of the United Kingdom, through their minister for communication, technology and broadcasting, Lord Stephen Carter, had yielded a promise to the people in the country that by the end 2012, every home in the country would be provided a broadband connection of 2Mbps speed. The promise that has little less than stirred [...]
Satellites Realise the Digital Britain Dream
Eutelsat Communications, one of the leading satellite solution providers in the world has expressed its confidence in the UK government’s theory that universal service commitment can be materialised by using the presently existing satellite broadband technology. The Digital Britain report published last day assured to extend at least a 2Mbpts broadband service to each household [...]
Satellite Broadband to Tackle Notspots
It is a widespread news today that the current regime is increasedly looking on to satellite and mobile broadband sectors to practically act as the bridging force over the digital gaps in the country left over by the fixed line broadband segment. It is also calculated that currently only 70 percent of the total UK [...]
