On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:44:48 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I'm all in favour of a government initiative to get fibre to all
premises in the UK. Given the current purely commercial setup is not
expanding fast enough. A mate who lives in Lewis (S coast of England,
and hardly miles from 'civilisation') still hasn't got even FTC, despite
very slow BB.

But the idea of making it totally free to use just pie in the sky and
silly to boot.

Just another example of the political parties trying to buy votes.

Totally agree.

Build out the core network to everywhere, however remote, to allow local
provision of fixed line broadband or the building of mobile towers to
provide good quality 4G. If necessary build the towers as well.

It would do wonders for remote communities and especially farmers. Not to
mention the emergency services.

Offering "free" broadband is just mindless click bait.
No mention of current added value and infrastructure service providers.
I haven't yet seen if the ISPs will be free.

Good initial idea but a step way too far.


Cheers


Dave R

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