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Lord Carter reveals Britain's digital future
PERCHED ON THE EDGE of their seats today are those eagerly awaiting the reading of the Digital Britain report which is being presented this very day.
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) announced that none other than Lord Carter would be presenting this report today, as expectations run high.
One of the highest expectations from the report is of course the broadband issue. Not only are we expecting to hear plans for universal broadband access, but also that it will be fast, not just say it’s fast.
In order for this to be realistically obtainable however, there will need to be some digging involved as the old copper network will need to be replaced with a magical optical fibre.
There may also be some discussion on Lord Carter’s previously announced future plans which call for the complete universal broadband access to people all over Europe. Our Lord commanded us to, "metaphorically, and also perhaps literally, consider digging or at least opening up the trenches for universal access for broadband".
One definite proposal is that the government will actually put its hand deeper in its pocket for this cause, contrary to the findings of the Caio report which said, no, the private sector can stump up most of the money.
Let’s hope something good does come out of this report today, not just another bundle of hopes and dreams which never actually materialise. μ
L'Inq
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On Side Note, We Yanks are going to have TV Transition starting in Feruary. Shot down is idea to move date latter, as FCC States: Testing period must demonstrate transmission conditions of ALL Seasons. so Winter, Spring & Summer, Due to Changes in Receptiveity made as Plants Grow Folliage. '9 or 2010, yet same relative timeframe was determing factor to remain as is. New Converter Boxes have Been Reported as Being Blank when turned on, No Signal out. Emergency RadioPhones would be jeprodized of New Space, if test is delayed year. So Tower Fios or Else. Drashek
Do we really need another report on what we should have? We all know what we *should* have - we'll just never get it because ISPs are only interested in lining their own pockets. Use the money wasted on these peers and lords and MPs to produce these fantasies to actually do something about improving the system.
Lets hope that obvious things like minimum standards of service are included.
Try getting Ofcom to tell you what "breach of contract" actually means in regard to broadband speeds. Good luck to you!
Currently my "Mother of all broadband" maxes out at 300kb/s in the evening, with around 50- 60% packet loss. 1/70th of the speeds as advertised. Apparently the ISP thinks that 1 byte a year is still covered by "upto".