CLA welcomes BBC broadband plans

There was a suggestion from the government that the BBC could begin to help out with the cost of deploying the next generation of broadband services.

Already, organisations like the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) are welcoming the idea.

The CLA feels that the inclusion of the BBC in the Digital Britain plan will mean that rural areas, where most of the CLA’s members are based, will be finally getting a descent broadband connection.

Yet there have not been any firm plans so far to include the BBC, either in providing technology or funds to help pay for the roll out of the next generation of broadband services.

How this is going to work, with the BBC, along with all broadcasters, struggling with budgets, is also not known, but the only way for the BBC to raise realistic revenues is though the licence fee.