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The UK's 'Superfast Broadband' Speeds Up |
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Written by wbg friend
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 06:00 |
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Authors: Telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that it will remove regulatory barriers to speed up BT's rollout of superfast broadband across the UK. The regulator said that it will not present any 'regulatory barriers' that might slow down the numerous projects designed to boost current broadband speeds by up to 10 times. This clears the way for BT's planned £1.5bn investment in upgrading street cabinets with fibre optic cable that will enable surfing speeds of 40-60Mbps to around 20 million homes. Virgin Media already offers 50Mbps Net access to those using its cable service. In a statement, BT chief executive, Ian Livingston said: "Today's announcement gives us the green light to push ahead with our £1.5 billion superfast broadband investment plans to reach at least 40% of UK households by 2012." Speaking for Ofcom, chief executive Ed Richards explained: 'Super-fast broadband represents one of the most important developments in modern communications for many decades. 'It will deliver significant benefits to consumers and businesses with the prospect of new digital services delivered over the internet at high speed. 'Our message today is clear: there are no regulatory barriers in the way of investment in super-fast broadband; we want to promote investment but also ensure that there is fair and effective competition for the future.' Ofcom's decision to be more hands-off, means that BT will be able to price its leasing of the new high-speed networks to other ISPs at 'fair market prices'. Until now, this was a concern that stopped BT from committing to the expensive fibre upgrade. Let's hope that 'fair market prices' doesn't make superfast broadband too expensive for the rest of us.-Martin Lynch broadband internet
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