Parliament to Look for Loopholes in Digital Communications Plans
Parliament is going to conduct an inquiry into the future prospects of high-speed broadband communication across the UK. Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report that has been subject to much criticism for its vague and unrealistic schemes will also be subject to thorough investigation regarding its effectiveness.
According to www.parliament.uk, the parliamentary committee will investigate if the government’s target of delivering broadband at 2Mb speeds to every subscriber across the UK by 2012 is indeed good enough. It will also investigate how practical and effective the government’s next generation access plans are.
The levying of tax on copper lines to finance the laying out of fibre optic cables as part of bringing improvements in broadband infrastructure will be investigated. Parliament will also examine if ISP companies are providing speeds lower than what they are promising to subscribers – click for a broadband speed check to see if you are getting the broadband speed you were promised by your internet service provider.
The conclusions arrived at by the committee after the inquiry ends will be made public not before October, as the Parliament will continue to gather evidence on the broadband scenario till the last week of September.
Even though Parliament’s inquiry will cover almost every aspect related to digital networking, the issue of upload speeds has not found any mention in the inquiry committee’s agenda.
