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News Release 9th February 2005Michael Fabricant: Britain is in broadband slow laneCommenting after the Communication Management Association called for the DTI to take a lead to deliver broadband services to every home in the UK within two years. Michael Fabricant, Shadow Minister for Industry & Technology, said:
"The CMA are right to express concern. The DTI are complacent and have no comprehension of the desperate need for fast broadband speeds. Britain is in the slow lane with broadband data speeds being in the order of 500,000 bits per second. In the Far East, 14,000,000 bits per second are readily available: 28 times faster. And speeds capable of transmitting high definition television will soon be the norm elsewhere. That requires at least 2,500,000 bits per second as a minimum.
"Either Blair's Ministers don't understand the need for fast broadband connections or they are simply ignoring it. Either way, they are condemning Britain to live in the past while economic tigers overtake us in the broadband fast lane." |
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