Britain Makes Commitment to Universal Broadband by 2012

Britain makes a commitment to extending Internet broadband to rural portions of that country by 2012 in a development project that parallels the United States.

A shrinking economy has prodded the Brits to consider a huge investment in broadband. As in the States, the plan in Great Britain is to spend a good deal of effort and money extending fast Internet connections to places that aren’t connected — particularly in the British countryside.

By Bill Bishop

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