July
2009
UK’s Digital Communications Scenario to Be Examined by Parliament
The criticism that Digital Britain report has received has prompted Parliament to carry out an investigative inquiry to ascertain whether Lord Carter’s report and its policies are indeed capable of providing practical solutions to issues confronting the future of digital communication across the UK.
The official website of the parliament has confirmed that the parliamentary committee will look into the practicality of government’s ‘2-Mb broadband for all’ target that aims to bring entire Britain under high-speed connectivity by 2012. The committee wants to know if the government is setting the bar too low by fixing this target.
The committee will also investigate how far the government’s plans for next-generation access network coverage will actually succeed in heralding a high-speed digital future for Britain.
Financing next generation access by imposing internet tax on copper lines will also be investigated. Moreover, the internet service providers will have to disclose if the present speeds that they are providing to people are the same speeds as they promise to the customers – click here for a broadband speed test.
The parliament’s investigations will be thorough and will continue till the last week of September, so the results of the inquiry will come after that. Unfortunately, the parliamentary inquiry seems to turn a blind eye to the issue of upload speeds.
