Conservative plans for super-fast broadband 'will benefit businesses and consumers'Friday, February 5th 2010 Businesses and consumers are both set to gain from the Conservatives' super-fast broadband plans, it has been claimed. Businesses and consumers alike will benefit from the Conservatives' plans to introduce 100Mbps broadband across the nation if they are elected, it has been claimed.
Nigel Hawthorn, vice president of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and African) marketing for network management company Blue Coat Systems, said that super-fast broadband of this level means "businesses can benefit from easier communication and users benefit from new services so far not even available".
However, he added that people should bear in mind that additional bandwidth does not necessarily mean that broadband speeds will get faster.
"Bandwidth does not equal performance," he pointed out. "People are often disappointed in that they expect that doubling bandwidth capacity will halve wait times and this is not the case."
Shadow chancellor George Osborne revealed the Conservatives' super-fast broadband plans last month on the Andrew Marr Show.
He said that if elected the party would aim to have universal 100Mbps broadband by 2017.
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BT has installed fibre optic broadband technology in two exchanges based in Wales. The leader of Bristol City Council has called for households in the area to prepare for the digital TV switchover. Councils in East Anglia have met at a conference to discuss efforts to provide high-speed broadband across the area. | Digital TV provider Virgin Media is set to launch a new high definition version of its set-top box for new and existing customers. Subscribers to O2's bundles will be able to buy video games before other consumers, under new plans. Broadband provider TalkTalk is set to gives its staff access Apple MacBook Pros rather than PCs, according to reports. |
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