Gov Cans Broadband Aggregation
Posted: 29th Nov, 2004 By: MarkJ
The governments broadband aggregation scheme, which had been intended to save £200m on the UK's £1bn broadband bill, has been thrown in the bin after just a fraction (1.75% - £3.5m) of the projected savings surfaced:
After spending an initial £15m on setting up the scheme the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is to stop the funding and close the national aggregation board. The future of the regional aggregation bodies - known as adits - will now be left in the hands of each of the Regional Development Agencies.
The aim was to pool public sector demand for broadband to get bigger discounts with the knock-on effect that broadband infrastructure could be brought to areas of the country where it is not currently economically viable for suppliers. This would also increase availability to private sector businesses and consumers.
The original plan was no stranger to controversy from day one. More @ Silicon.
After spending an initial £15m on setting up the scheme the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is to stop the funding and close the national aggregation board. The future of the regional aggregation bodies - known as adits - will now be left in the hands of each of the Regional Development Agencies.
The aim was to pool public sector demand for broadband to get bigger discounts with the knock-on effect that broadband infrastructure could be brought to areas of the country where it is not currently economically viable for suppliers. This would also increase availability to private sector businesses and consumers.
The original plan was no stranger to controversy from day one. More @ Silicon.
Latest UK ISP News
Cheap BIG ISPs for 100Mbps+
150,000+ Customers | View More ISPs
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Modest Availability | View More ISPs
Latest UK ISP News
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Large Availability | View All
Helpful ISP Guides and Tips
Sponsored Links
The Top 15 Category Tags
- FTTP (7229)
- BT (4021)
- Politics (3246)
- Business (2961)
- Openreach (2817)
- Mobile Broadband (2675)
- Building Digital UK (2599)
- 4G (2265)
- Statistics (2262)
- Virgin Media (2170)
- FTTC (2169)
- 5G (1939)
- Ofcom Regulation (1883)
- Fibre Optic (1672)
- Wireless Internet (1648)
Sponsored
Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms , Privacy and Cookie Policy , Links , Website Rules