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Lord Stephen Carter
AS Profile As the driving force behind the report, Lord Carter has championed the cause of high speed broadband connectivity - setting out a commitment to broadband access for all and calling for a 50p levy on phone lines to pave... [08 Oct 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News The proposed fibre tax to pay for next-gen broadband in the UK could be law before the next general election. The fibre levy was included in the government's Digital Britain report, unveiled in June by... [23 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News This 'phone tax', as Carphone Warehouse has described it, is intended to create a centralised fund for subsidising the rollout of fibre-based, next-generation broadband across most of the country. Junior minister Stephen... [04 Aug 2009]
Rural Britain needs faster, more reliable broadband
Comment Even BT has cast doubt on whether the 50p tax on phone lines proposed under the Digital Britain plan will be enough to pay for fibre links needed to bring the UK into the era of superfast broadband. So... [04 Aug 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet Fibre. A year later and another exec told silicon.com the market wasn't ready to pay for fibre: "You have to be ready to pay for that investment. Yes indeed - it's the next generation of broadband... [14 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News BT has revealed the towns and cities which will get high-speed fibre broadband in the second stage of its £1.5bn rollout. The rollout of fibre - whose high speeds are expected to enable a new range of... [09 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News BT reckons a government plan to put a 50p tax on copper lines in order to fund fibre broadband to the country's hard to get to places can only go so far - and will probably never reach the last fifth of... [02 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.06.09
Round-Up The report also revealed that everyone with a fixed line phone connection is going to have to fork out 50p per month to fund the project to lay fibre optic cable up and down mountains and through deep,... [19 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News The Digital Britain report has drawn criticism from politicians and technology experts over its proposals for dealing with fibre rollouts and illegal file-sharing. Just as importantly, the government will still levy... [18 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News The government has announced plans for a 50p per month levy on all fixed copper lines to fund the expansion of fibre broadband to areas where the market fears to tread. We recommend a very simple price... [16 Jun 2009]
TalkTalk bottom for broadband customer service
News F is for Fibre 'Free' broadband providers TalkTalk and Orange have the worst customer service and support, according to an annual survey of almost 15,000 fat pipe users. But customer service satisfaction also fell... [13 Nov 2006]
