UK Broadband Network By 2018 Require Public Sector Investment

In the UK there seems to be a consensus on the necessity of truly universal fibre broadband to all the homes in the UK by 2018, and that this needs at least to some agree of public funds. It has yet to be made clear by either of the political party leader how the requirement for investment from the public sector will be handled ...

"Fibre optic in rural areas would be a huge step towards reducing the current social and economic divide resulting from an often poor - and sometimes unavailable - broadband service. As both the public and private sector encourage us to do business on-line, it is clear that investment from both the public and private sector is the only way forward."

Source: Broadband Expert

The above was already addressed by Gordon Brown in a The Observer interview earlier this year suggesting infrastructure such as high-speed broadband could be the modern equivalent of FDR's programme: "When we talk about the roads and the bridges and the railways that were built in previous times - and those were anti-recession measures taken to help people through difficult times - you could [by comparison] talk about the digital infrastructure and that form of communications revolution at a period when we want to stimulate the economy. It's a very important thing."

Source: ISPReview