After making a few inexpensive modifications, BT will be all set to provide 93 percent of the
The communications minister, Stephen Carter, has revealed that the whole of the UK would have a 2Mb broadband connection in the coming three years. Though this promise has met with disapproval from the critics, who believe the aim is too low and the time too long, if the government can fulfil its goal, then it would be no mean achievement.
After making modifications in the home wiring of households to include a second line and an ADSL2+ network connection, BT will soon be on its way to providing a 2Mb connection to all of the UK, but unfortunately leaving behind an unlucky 7 percent.
The use of satellite and mobile broadband networks (click for info on mobile broadband pay as you go) has arisen as possible solutions to overcome the constraints presented by fixed-line broadband. In the pursuit of filling in these gaps, Kip Meek, Stephen Carter’s right hand man, has started negotiations with several mobile network operators. In lieu of the help they offer, the government could hand over a part of the broadband spectrum to them.
This arrangement has not gone down too well with BT, which declared that a settlement of this sort would ‘risk harming competition’. A response from BT immediately after the announcement, saying that it could do the needful for the government at practically no cost, is surprising, to say the least.
