Parliament launches inquiry into UK broadband speeds
Wednesday 01 July 2009 Comment
Following the publication of Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, Parliament has announced it will be carrying out an inquiry to investigate broadband speeds across the UK.
Looking into the ways the Government will be able to “maximise the benefits from the digital revolution” www.parliament.uk has confirmed the topics covered by the committee will include whether or not the target for universal access to broadband at a speed of 2Mb by 2012 is ambitious enough. It will also spend some time looking into practicalities for the Government's plans for next generation access, hoping to come to a final conclusion on whether the proposed project will actually work. The Digital Britain report was heavily criticised for lacking thorough, practical plans for implementing an improved broadband network.
The proposed levy on copper lines to fund next generation access looks set to be investigated and internet service providers will also come under scrutiny as Parliament checks out whether or not companies are actually providing the speed of access they are promising to their consumers.
We will have to wait a considerable time for the results of this inquiry to come to light though. Parliament will continue to gather evidence on broadband provision until the last week of September.
Unfortunately, throughout the inquiry agenda there was still no mention of the importance of upload speeds.
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