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UK government’s ‘poverty of ambition’ on broadband blasted

on Feb 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

The Institute of Directors have criticised the UK government’s ‘poverty of ambition’ in relation to its broadband targets, with the business body calling for broadband speeds of 10 gigabits per second by 2030 – 1,000 times larger than the official goal of 10 megabits per second by 2020.

The Iod D notes that whilst the UK is a world leader in the internet economy it has fallen behind European competitors at installing the necessary fibre optic cables for the fastest speeds.

Dan Lewis, senior adviser on infrastructure policy at the IoD, said: “We have the leading internet economy in the G20, and Read full story ›

Source: The Drum