Consumers believe government’s broadband goals are inadequate

It has been reported that the vast majority of consumers believe that the government’s goals with regards to broadband are not adequate.

Since the coalition government outlined its plans with regards to the UK’s broadband infrastructure there have been mixed feelings from different consumer groups and industry officials. Many believe that the plans are too little too late, are not funded adequately, or are not ambitious enough, whereas some other industry officials have said that the plan will make huge difference to residents and businesses in their areas.

It appears, however, that the general public are not quite so convinced about how good a job the government is doing with its plans. In fact, according to a recent report the majority of consumers do not have faith in the government’s broadband plans, stating that proposals to provide the country with universal broadband with speeds of 2Mbps by 2015 are not good enough.

Nearly ninety two percent of consumers thought that the government’s plans for universal access by 2015 was not adequate. The survey also found that only a small percentage – eleven percent of consumers – thought that the speed being offered with the universal access, which is 2Mbps, was enough.

Many are concerned how the universal broadband plan will benefit communities over the longer term, and whether the speeds will be sufficient in a few years time. Dragon’s Den businessman Doug Richard said: “True broadband in not one megabit of information trickling to some of our homes, it’s one gigabit to every doorstep in this country.”

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Source – xIntelecom