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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Consumers who sign up to TalkTalk's Essentials package before the end of September 2010 will get their first six months of broadband for free. Fibrecity contractors have cut a number of Virgin Media's connections in Bournemouth. A new study has revealed that Brits are keen to see greater clarity regarding broadband advertising. | TVs are still the favoured method of watching programmes, Broadband TV News has claimed. Telecoms giant BT has included Nathan Stephens on the cover of one of its south Wales Phone Books. Neil Berkett of Virgin Media has argued that "urgent" changes need to be made to the way broadband speeds are advertised. |
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