The  Conservative shadow minister for economic affairs,  Michael Fabricant MP,  slammed the government at the  "Revolution at the Edge: Broadband Networks and Innovation" conference.

Speaking to the conference yesterday, he claims that Ofcom and the government have stunted broadband growth by allowing connections as low as 128Kbps to be classed as broadband. This he says confuses those who are not broadband literate, and the general public at large, into thinking that the 128Kbps connections are what broadband is all about. This in turn will lead to customer dissatisfaction and slow broadband takeup in the UK.

It seems as if broadband issues are stating to make it into the political arena, and this may well signal that broadband could become an issue in the next general election.

This has already started in a local campaign in North Lincolnshire, the Tory candidate for Brigg and Goole, Matthew Bean, has recently launched his election campaign and one of his key targets is broadband for the local area.

We await Labour's response!!