{"id":1635,"date":"2012-09-11T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T07:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2012-09-11T08:57:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T07:57:09","slug":"analyst-slams-uk-superfast-broadband-target-as-irrelevant-and-not-achievable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/09\/analyst-slams-uk-superfast-broadband-target-as-irrelevant-and-not-achievable.html","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Slams UK Superfast Broadband Target as Irrelevant and Not Achievable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Johnson, a telecoms analyst for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/pointtopic\" target=\"_blank\">Point Topic<\/a>, has called the UK government&#8217;s target for having the &#8220;<em>best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015<\/em>&#8221; both &#8220;<em>not relevant to Britain\u2019s needs<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>not achievable<\/em>&#8220;. Johnson instead called for the new Culture Secretary, <strong>Maria Miller<\/strong>, to replaced it with a more &#8220;<em>intelligent<\/em>&#8221; goal.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At present the government claims to be investing around <strong>\u00a31bn <\/strong>through its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culture.gov.uk\/what_we_do\/telecommunications_and_online\/7781.aspx\" target=\"_new\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> (BDUK) office, which aims to make superfast broadband (<strong>25Mbps+<\/strong>) services available to 90% of UK people by 2015; meanwhile the last 10% only have a commitment for internet download speeds of at least 2Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>The basis by which the government chooses to define &#8220;<em>best<\/em>&#8221; is not merely a matter of connection speed, with other aspects playing an equally important part (e.g. market competition, ecommerce and service affordability etc.). Naturally politically motivated targets are also open to having their <strong>goalposts shifted <\/strong>or quietly re-shaped. The vagueness that surrounds the government&#8217;s own target surely leaves plenty of room for interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson suggests that the government would be better off <strong>adjusting its target<\/strong> to compare against the &#8220;<em>Big Four<\/em>&#8221; of major European countries (e.g. France, Germany, Italy and Spain), which he claimed would make for a &#8220;<em>more useful to benchmark<\/em>&#8221; because &#8220;<em>Britain\u2019s broadband infrastructure compares quite well with the other members of the Big Four<\/em>&#8221; (easier goal?). It would still allegedly be a &#8220;<em>significant challenge<\/em>&#8221; to beat the likes of Germany.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Tim Johnson told the Westminster eForum (Broadband Britain Seminar):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The existing goal of \u2018having the best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015\u2019 is not achievable as stated. Worse than that, it\u2019s not relevant to Britain\u2019s needs and should be replaced by more intelligent targets which address Britain\u2019s real broadband weaknesses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We do need a massive programme of investment in providing homes and businesses with good quality internet access, and getting people to use it. That way we will get a real return in terms of economic growth, far more than if we are just chasing after speed records<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson suggests that the country should instead target <strong>three big gaps in British broadband<\/strong>, such as the lack of faster connectivity in the final 10-20% of approximately 3 million UK rural homes and businesses where <strong>sub-2Mbps speeds<\/strong> remain the norm. He also called for new measures to ensure that broadband services can <strong>support video streaming properly<\/strong> or home working. Finally he called for the government to tackle the social divide where 7 million homes are still without &#8220;<em>fixed line internet access<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the <strong>social divide<\/strong> it&#8217;s worth remembering that significant investment has already gone into attempting to tackle this problem and the gap is beginning to narrow. At the same time not everybody wants a &#8220;<em>fixed line<\/em>&#8221; internet service (mobile devices are also being used) and many others still have problems with affording it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the government&#8217;s former Culture Secretary, <strong>Jeremy Hunt MP<\/strong>, echoed some of Johnson&#8217;s remarks in August 2012 when he called for the UK to have not only the \u201c<em>best<\/em>\u201d but also the \u201c<em>fastest broadband of any major European country by 2015<\/em>\u201d (note the use of \u201c<em>major<\/em>\u201c, which <strong>Ed Vaizey MP<\/strong> clarified to include \u201c<em>France, Germany, Italy and Spain<\/em>\u201c). It all sounds very familiar (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/08\/waiting-game-continues-as-jeremy-hunt-mp-restates-uk-broadband-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately we&#8217;d be surprised if today&#8217;s debate had any real impact on the government&#8217;s current policy to 2015, especially with most of the related <strong>Local Broadband Plan&#8217;s<\/strong> (LBP) now being heavily involved in the tender and contract award process (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/09\/several-uk-councils-to-reveal-superfast-broadband-contract-winners.html\" target=\"_blank\">EC delays not withstanding<\/a>). But the <strong>post-2015 to 2020 plan<\/strong>, which doesn&#8217;t yet exist outside of Europe\u2019s wider target for 100% to have access to 30Mbps+ speeds by 2020, is potentially still open for constructive consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Johnson, a telecoms analyst for Point Topic, has called the UK government&#8217;s target for having the &#8220;best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015&#8221; both &#8220;not relevant to Britain\u2019s needs&#8221; and &#8220;not achievable&#8220;. 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