By Gillian West

The UK government has confirmed it will not automatically roll out broadband to areas that don’t yet have any services.

Instead, the Universal Service Obligation (USO) will require homes and business to request connection, leading to a possible four-year wait before such areas are legally entitled to request service.

In a consultation document, the government said: “Given the high costs of providing broadband access to premises in remote areas it is right that this is done on request, rather than rolling it out and waiting to see if people in those area want to be connected.

“We know form the various interventions that Read full story ›

Source: The Drum