(Ben Bradshaw: outlined Digital Britain proposals in Parliament)
The government announced in it's Digital Britain report that all fixed-line telephone users will pay £6 a year to fund the rollout of fast broadband connection across the country.
A monthly levy of 50p on every copper telephone line will help pay for next-generation broadband for 90% of the population.
The government wanted to break the BBC's monopoly on the license fee and use the £200m "digital switchover surplus" from the license fee to help provide universal access to broadband before the next generation service is built.
The government wants everyone to be able to receive broadband of at least 2Mbps by 2012 as it puts more public services online. The £6-a-year levy will rise between £150m and £175m a year to extend next-generation broadband .
ITV has said it will pull out of providing regional news because it can no longer afford to fund it – but will continue to provide airtime for other media organisations to supply replacement programming.
Bradshaw claimed that illegal sharefiling is a theft and punishments for repeat offenders could be to have the speed of their broadband connection reduced.
The Conservative party labelled the report as "digital dithering from a dated government".
A monthly levy of 50p on every copper telephone line will help pay for next-generation broadband for 90% of the population.
The government wanted to break the BBC's monopoly on the license fee and use the £200m "digital switchover surplus" from the license fee to help provide universal access to broadband before the next generation service is built.
The government wants everyone to be able to receive broadband of at least 2Mbps by 2012 as it puts more public services online. The £6-a-year levy will rise between £150m and £175m a year to extend next-generation broadband .
ITV has said it will pull out of providing regional news because it can no longer afford to fund it – but will continue to provide airtime for other media organisations to supply replacement programming.
Bradshaw claimed that illegal sharefiling is a theft and punishments for repeat offenders could be to have the speed of their broadband connection reduced.
The Conservative party labelled the report as "digital dithering from a dated government".
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