BT Pushes Gov For Rural Broadband
Posted: 06th May, 2003 By: MarkJ
BT's Director for Public Sector Broadband, Patricia Jones, has today slated the UK government for not doing enough to deliver broadband Internet access to rural areas:
"Frankly government efforts are too slow," she said. "I challenge it to get 20 regional initiatives up and running in the next year."
In a debate in parliament last week, E-commerce Minister Stephen Timms acknowledged that the government needed to do more to improve broadband coverage.
If public sector organisations had broadband, then these connections could also be used by local residents he said.
The BBC News Online item does a good job of showing how, for once, the government and BT appear to agree that more needs to be done to push broadband.
On the other hand it also shows how they still blame each other, while the rest of us blame both of them. Local campaign groups appear to make more progress than either side.
"Frankly government efforts are too slow," she said. "I challenge it to get 20 regional initiatives up and running in the next year."
In a debate in parliament last week, E-commerce Minister Stephen Timms acknowledged that the government needed to do more to improve broadband coverage.
If public sector organisations had broadband, then these connections could also be used by local residents he said.
The BBC News Online item does a good job of showing how, for once, the government and BT appear to agree that more needs to be done to push broadband.
On the other hand it also shows how they still blame each other, while the rest of us blame both of them. Local campaign groups appear to make more progress than either side.
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