Internet NewsJune 4, 2009
Consumers see broadband as a right
by David Allen
With “Broadband for all” being the buzz phrase from the government when it comes to the forthcoming Digital Britain report, it seems that access to a broadband connection means more to people than originally thought.
According to a recent study by the Communications Consumer Panel, it was found that almost three quarters of those people asked considered a broadband internet connection as an essential or important service, in fact householders value broadband higher than digital TV, fixed line phone service or even a mobile phone service.
This shows how important broadband is to households and what those households who cannot get access to the broadband network are missing out on.
This is what the government plans to address with the release of the Digital Britain report later on in the month.
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Broadband is a utility, essential these days, and sadly lacking in rural areas (and some urban ones). this is because the first generation network was run on the copper phone network, and led a generation into the digital world, the global village. For a Victorian infrastructure it did the job. Brilliantly. Unfortunately times have moved on, and it is not doing the job any longer. (unless you live on top of an exchange). Time to build out the next gen network, which is fibre to the home. Fibre is cheaper than copper. BT already own the ducts. They prefer to milk the obsolete network instead of building the new. I hope the Carter report wakes up to this fact instead of believing the propaganda that states 99.6% or us have a connection. As recent surveys have shown, 3 million homes and businesses are not getting anything like a 2meg connection, and that is the very minimum needed to do anything much online today. Also many ISPs are forced to throttle people at peak times as the infrastructure can no longer cope. To build a truly digital britain for our future we need to get out of the box that BT have put us in and light the fibre.
Comment by cyberdoyle — June 4, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
It is as important as air. We have been saying this for years. It is now time for this Government to realise how vital this utility is and get future-proofed infrastructure, owned by the consumers and communities, in place for this and the next generations.
Or we will JFDI – FTTH is required NOW!
Comment by Lindsey Annison — June 4, 2009 @ 1:46 pm