Britons caught in Dilemma; Environment or Broadband?
A research carried out by Broadband Suppliers has revealed that more and more people in the United Kingdom were envisaging a future life amidst the freshness of the countryside, even while balancing it with the apprehensive thinking of life with a slower broadband internet connection or perhaps none at all. The report carries much significance [...]
Government’s 2Mbps USC Broadband Likely to Miss Norfolk
A warning has been sounded by Peter McCarthy Ward, BT’s director for their East of England operations that the commitment of the government to provide a broadband connection of minimum 2Mbps speeds to every household in the United Kingdom by the year 2012, could go begging for Norfolk.
This broadband commitment of the government is today [...]
UK Villages Start Thinking that Broadband is Their Birthright
Broadband services have not yet reached Hambleden valley. Internet users there have lost hope in getting a reasonable broadband internet connection. Cannot blame them if they felt they have been left out and term their plight as “preposterous”.
The southern part of the valley consisting of Medmenham, Hambleden, Pheasants Hill and Mill End are the areas [...]
Universal Broadband a Legal Obligation
According to a broadband industry expert, broadband services should be provided across the country including rural areas as nothing less than a legal obligation. This is the opinion of the Country Land and Business Association’s (CLBA) rural business development chief, Charles Trotman
Charles Trotman said that the government should see it as a law that at [...]
Stephen Timms Opens His Mind on Universal Broadband
The government aims to see the United Kingdom become one of the most highly skilled, competitive and technologically advanced country in the world, economy-wise. It is the responsibility of the government to see that every citizen is included in this vision as well as to see that it is equally shared across the country. Above [...]
