As we move closer towards a general election in the UK, the Conservative Party has pledged to deliver super-fast broadband in UK homes by 2017. The Conservatives plans to develop a “nationwide super-fast broadband” will be part-funded by the BBC license fee. Shadow chancellor George Osborne wants to see most UK homes having 100Mbps broadband connections by 2017, with cabling in those difficult-to-connect rural areas paid for by a combination of cash from private investors with the BBC license fee making up any shortfalls in the required funding. Railways, motorways, [...]

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