{"id":42104,"date":"2025-06-17T12:49:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=42104"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:09:41","slug":"government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html","title":{"rendered":"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government&#8217;s imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand the definition of national security spending to include everything from a third runway at Heathrow Airport to food prices and rural broadband provision (e.g. the \u00a35bn Project Gigabit scheme).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The move, says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/06\/17\/starmer-rural-broadband-defence-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegraph<\/a> (paywall), could make it easier for the Government to reach a hypothetical future defence spending target of 5% of GDP (currently it&#8217;s at 2.33% and could reach 3% by around 2029) and, in fairness, telecommunications networks are already considered to be part of <strong>Critical National Infrastructure<\/strong> (CNI).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The Spring Statement 2025 announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/cbp-8175\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a32.2bn uplift<\/a> to the Ministry of Defence budget for 2025\/26. This is part of the commitment to increase NATO-qualifying defence spending to over 2.5% of GDP by 2027 (although NATO is now looking more toward 3.5% by 2032).<\/div>\n<p>Suffice to say that there might be at least some merit in considering broadband \/ mobile \/ internet connectivity related investment as part of national security, and most of us do depend upon it as a critical service. But even so, many people would probably expect national security spending to be focused squarely on areas like the military (soldiers, drones, tanks etc.) and the new approach risks being a bridge too far for how we define such investment. We&#8217;re also unsure whether such a change would bring any tangible benefits.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it wouldn&#8217;t be the first time that a government has utilised a touch of creative accounting in order to make something seem bigger than it actually is. But we&#8217;ll need to wait until the full NSR is published in order to find out exactly how it might choose to categorise broadband investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government&#8217;s imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand the definition of national security spending to include everything from a third runway at Heathrow Airport to food prices and rural broadband provision (e.g. the \u00a35bn Project Gigabit scheme).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[471,38,1997],"class_list":["post-42104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bduk","tag-politics","tag-uk-gigabit-programme"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/114698557405750925","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government&#039;s imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government&#039;s imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T11:49:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-18T06:09:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nggallery_import\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"962\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T11:49:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-18T06:09:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":15,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Building Digital UK\",\"Politics\",\"Project Gigabit\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\",\"name\":\"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T11:49:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-18T06:09:41+00:00\",\"description\":\"A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government's imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/nggallery_import\\\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg\",\"width\":962,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"tank pointing at bt openreach engineer long\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending - ISPreview UK","description":"A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government's imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending - ISPreview UK","og_description":"A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government's imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2025-06-17T11:49:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-18T06:09:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":962,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nggallery_import\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending","datePublished":"2025-06-17T11:49:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-18T06:09:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html"},"wordCount":299,"commentCount":15,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nggallery_import\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg","keywords":["Building Digital UK","Politics","Project Gigabit"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html","name":"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nggallery_import\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-17T11:49:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-18T06:09:41+00:00","description":"A major newspaper has today claimed that the UK government's imminent National Security Review (NSR), which is due to be published next week, will expand","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nggallery_import\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nggallery_import\/tank_pointing_at_bt_openreach_engineer_long.jpg","width":962,"height":768,"caption":"tank pointing at bt openreach engineer long"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/06\/government-may-reclassify-uk-broadband-as-defence-spending.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government May Reclassify UK Broadband as Defence Spending"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}