UK government helping to provide "Superfast broadband" to more people & remove mobile blackspots

[Halfblood11]

sorry if this is already mentioned cant check due to search not being there

 

https://www.gov.uk/gosuperfast

 

Government and local authorities are investing £1.7 billion to help bring superfast broadband to over 95% of the UK by 2017.

 

there is a postcode checker that tells you options for broadband in the area dont know if there is any push to make things cheaper for personal broadband but there seems that there is up to a £3000 voucher for businesses which I think can only be a good thing but i do wonder how that will work if it is a £3000 for investment or to keep bills going overtime .... 

 

website is brief 

 

https://www.gov.uk/broadband-delivery-uk

 

gives more detail with a 3 phase program to cover 90% then 95% and then test ways to provide to the remaining 5% as well as SuperConnected Cities Programme that has broadband connection voucher scheme, Wi-Fi projects and "innovative digital projects" 

could we see similar to whats planned in New York(?) eventually happen in the UK?

 

 as well as investments in mobile infrastructure trying to remove the black spots so everyone has some coverage

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/making-it-easier-for-the-communications-and-telecoms-industries-to-grow-while-protecting-the-interests-of-citizens/supporting-pages/improving-mobile-coverage

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-secures-landmark-deal-for-uk-mobile-phone-users 

 

Full mobile coverage going up from 69% to 85% with guaranteed voice and text to 90% having legally binding contracts with EE, O2, Three and Vodafone

[Thorium19]

Oh it'll all happen in London, then they'll magically run out of money and the rest of the country will have to do without it. Especially us in the north (anywhere past Birmingham). It's a good thing that they want to invest in broadband, especially if it gives us faster that what even virgin are pushing out, but it seems to be more of an appeal to voters by the tories than anything else, because it won't happen if they don't get voted back in in the summer.

[Simons]

I do not see anywhere, where it states how much your new speed will be onto this ''superfast'' broadband. But wouldn't the ideal change be fiberoptic, I assume thats not what they're doing.

[AstroZombie1]

"Superfast" - Doesn't actually define or list a speed it considers minimum to be "superfast" on the website.

 

Funny really. 

[cesrai]

Superfast doesn't mean shit, they didn't give us speed, superfast can be 15Mb or 15MB we don't know so superfast doesn't mean anything.

[Sneaky]

I do not see anywhere, where it states how much your new speed will be onto this ''superfast'' broadband. But wouldn't the ideal change be fiberoptic, I assume thats not what they're doing.

 

"Superfast" - Doesn't actually define or list a speed it considers minimum to be "superfast" on the website.

 

Funny really. 

 

Superfast doesn't mean shit, they didn't give us speed, superfast can be 15Mb or 15MB we don't know so superfast doesn't mean anything.

 

The ambition is to provide superfast broadband (speeds of 24Mbps or more) for at least 95% of UK premises and universal access to basic broadband (speeds of at least 2Mbps).

[Trik'Stari]

Meanwhile, in american ISP news:

ROCK NOT FOOD!

[SpaghettiCarbonara]

"Here, take this better internet so we can spy on you with even more efficiency!"

[Tacitus]

Good, it's ridiculous that me in the city can get ~150mbps download speed, yet my auntie who lives about 20 miles out of the city (admittedly in the middle of nowhere) can't even get 0.5mbps.

[Simons]

In my country, when you come to the bigger cities, you cant get higher than 20mbps in most cases, unless you are living in an area that has a good landlord, as they sometimes get you fiberoptic in exchange for their poor built quality apartments for extreme prices.

[Master Disaster]

I'm confuzzled. BT already pledged this years ago and are well more than 50% of the way through doing it. They've promised to provide FTTC to 95% of UK homes by 2017.

This is already happening anyway?