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We don't need faster broadband anyway....
Posted by: eusty on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 07:05 AM
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With all the recent talk about faster broadband services the government should
concentrate on making sure all can connect to the existing broadband network in
the UK says analysts Ovum. They claim that the benefits of faster fibre-based
services don't justify the costs involved which are estimated to be in the
region of £15bn, what they would rather see was closing the 'broadband divide'
and get households that aren't connected to the existing broadband network in
the UK online.
"High-speed broadband investment (deploying fibre in the access
network) can run into billions of dollars and the real benefits are
hard to quantify and prove,"
"Each country must look at what it wants to achieve at a higher
level, and then look at what role high-speed broadband has within
that. A 'build it and they will come' approach would be less
effective and is unlikely to be cost effective,"
"Many will claim that high-speed broadband will bring numerous
benefits; it is just that we don't fully know what those benefits
are as yet," |
| Michael Philpott Ovum |
The facts fly in the face of the recent few years, where the 'build it
and they will come approach' is exactly what happened with broadband
services in the UK. Once the infrastructure was established then the users
'did come', with
9 out of 10
internet users using broadband services.
Or it could juts be that he is content with his 14.4k modem.....
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