The "Challenge" Of Rural Broadband
Posted: 10th Sep, 2003 By: MarkJ
The governments eMinister, Stephen Timms, has stated that pushing broadband Internet access into commercially unviable (rural etc.) areas remains a "challenge", yet one that can be overcome:
But he's convinced that aggregating public sector demand will provide a big enough incentive for private sector companies to invest in bringing broadband to areas currently without high-speed Net access.
He described the £1 billion of public sector funding - announced last year by prime minister Tony Blair to be used to hook up schools and GP surgeries, for example, to broadband - as a "big lever which we can use".
"By aggregating the procurement of this public sector demand we can influence the investment decisions of the suppliers and make sure that that investment makes broadband more widely available," Mr Timms told attendees at the World Broadband Forum in London yesterday.
We can't help but wonder whether they'll still be touting that £1 billion investment in five years time. More @ The Register.
But he's convinced that aggregating public sector demand will provide a big enough incentive for private sector companies to invest in bringing broadband to areas currently without high-speed Net access.
He described the £1 billion of public sector funding - announced last year by prime minister Tony Blair to be used to hook up schools and GP surgeries, for example, to broadband - as a "big lever which we can use".
"By aggregating the procurement of this public sector demand we can influence the investment decisions of the suppliers and make sure that that investment makes broadband more widely available," Mr Timms told attendees at the World Broadband Forum in London yesterday.
We can't help but wonder whether they'll still be touting that £1 billion investment in five years time. More @ The Register.
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