(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Loading ...It was announced this month that the government wants almost every household and business in Britain to have a minimum broadband speed of 2Mbps by 2012 – in time for the Olympic Games. The government has entered into a period of consultation to discuss how best to spend a £1bn Next Generation Access (NGA) fund, derived from a 50p a month levy on all telephone landlines.
The fund is intended as an incentive to persuade major telecoms companies such as BT and Virgin Media to install broadband to both rural and suburban households, where it might otherwise have been unprofitable. Some have argued that this project may be a waste of time and money, as many see the proposed commercially funded projects such as BT’s 21st Century Network as the future of the internet in the UK. This project and others like it plan to install fibre-optic cable, capable of two-way internet links with speeds of up to 50 Gbps (Giga Bytes Per Second), a link which is exponentially greater than services currently offered.
These super high-speed broadband networks enable the ability to transmit high definition films and carry out live high definition video conservations in every home and business across the country. This technology has been identified as key to economic growth in the UK, especially as more transactions and business is done electronically. The government are keen to meet their 2012 target, but the topic now is out in the public realm for everyone in the UK to debate.
Tags: Broadband, Broadband Speed, Government Broadband, Internet Connections
Link to us
If you want to link to this blog, copy and paste the following HTML code to your website.
