{"id":14574,"date":"2017-09-08T11:54:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T10:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14574"},"modified":"2017-09-09T07:17:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T06:17:29","slug":"london-mayor-seeks-increased-investment-uk-broadband-5g-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/09\/london-mayor-seeks-increased-investment-uk-broadband-5g-mobile.html","title":{"rendered":"London Mayor Seeks Increased Funding for UK Broadband and 5G Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has warned that the city and other parts of the United Kingdom might be at risk of &#8220;<em>grinding to a halt<\/em>&#8221; unless the Government puts more investment towards faster broadband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile, transport and other major infrastructure requirements.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last month the Mayor unveiled a new strategy for improving digital connectivity in the City, which was frustratingly light on detail and didn&#8217;t sound radically different from what previous Mayors had already attempted (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/london-mayor-unveils-vague-plan-tackle-citys-broadband-not-spots.html\">here<\/a>). Suffice to say that we&#8217;ve been more than a little bit disappointed by past Mayors and had hoped for something more concrete.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously one way to improve matters would be to encourage additional investment into the city&#8217;s broadband infrastructure, some of which might already be destined to flow that way as part of the \u00a3600m or so that has already been targeted at fostering &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; networks (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/uk-budget-2017-5g-200m-full-fibre-broadband-menu.html\">here<\/a>). At present the details of that are still being decided, although a new voucher scheme will be part of it (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/09\/government-prep-10m-pilot-1gbps-full-fibre-broadband-6-uk-trial-areas.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with that Khan has called on <strong>Lord Adonis<\/strong>, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), to share a bit more money around.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Increasing investment in new infrastructure is essential to supporting new growth and jobs in the decades ahead, particularly as Britain leaves the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>I will continue to put the case to Government that good quality, modern infrastructure, including new roads, railways and state-of-the-art broadband and mobile connectivity is crucial if this country is to remain a global economic powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>London grinding to a halt is not in the nation\u2019s interests, and nor is it in the interests of London that the north of England\u2019s transport network continues to be woefully inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot afford for new infrastructure investment in any one region to be seen as a zero-sum game &#8211; if Britain\u2019s economy is to succeed we need to see increased investment across the country.<\/p>\n<p>I will continue to provide any technical or political support I can to other mayors and local authorities across the UK in order to develop infrastructure plans in their areas.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately the Mayor doesn&#8217;t specify how much extra money he thinks is needed or exactly where he&#8217;d like to spend it, which leads us to suspect that this might be more about political appearance than constructive progress. However he&#8217;s right to be fighting for more investment and we hope that some will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Most of London (96%) is already quite well covered by &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (24Mbps+) capable networks, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) 40-80Mbps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> technology and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>&#8217;s 350Mbps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a> based cable network being the most common forms of connectivity. Not to mention that both operators and some other ISPs, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoptic<\/a>, have also deployed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>\/H in a fair few parts.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless there are still some pretty big pockets left to fill, while even smaller unserved areas in a big city can equate to a large population of people; just ask many of those living around Rotherhithe (Southwark) or the central city area where &#8220;<em>fibre<\/em>&#8221; coverage is far from universal. Problems with exchange only lines, risk to transport disruption and high costs make some of the require upgrades extremely difficult.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that London is a major city and some would argue that it should perhaps be looking more towards a Gigabit friendly &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>\/H\/B) future than allowing itself to become reliant on older networks, although that won&#8217;t help to fix all of the current slowspots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has warned that the city and other parts of the United Kingdom might be at risk of &#8220;grinding to a halt&#8221; unless the Government puts more investment towards faster broadband, 5G mobile, transport and other major infrastructure requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[406,471,38],"class_list":["post-14574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-5g","tag-bduk","tag-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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