Lack of fibre optic broadband access 'harming business'Wednesday, August 26th 2009 Small businesses need fibre optic broadband access if they are to compete in the economy, it has been claimed. The government needs to replace the UK's copper line network with fibre optic broadband technology as soon as possible, it has been suggested.
According to Mark Seemann, product strategy and development director at Outsourcery, the failure to provide the platform across the UK is limited the ability of small businesses to compete in the current climate.
He explained to Computer Weekly that plans to rollout universal broadband with speeds of up to 2Mbps failed to go "anywhere near far enough" to meet the needs of firms both "now and in future".
"If the underlying infrastructure was changed to fibre optic, the speeds today could be 100Mbps per customer rising to 1Gb," he added.
"This would permit the most advanced business applications, such as high definition video conferencing and streaming complex software over the internet."
Dr Tim Whitley, corporate strategy director of broadband provider BT, recently echoed Mr Seemann's claims in an interview with eWeekEurope.co.uk, by explaining that fibre optic broadband could provide a boost to firms. |
A total of 1.5 million premises are now able to access fibre optic broadband services from BT. The number of people signed up to 50Mb broadband with Virgin Media rose by 28 per cent in the second quarter. Charles Dunstone, TalkTalk's chief executive, has said the service provider plans to spend more on fibre optic broadband this year. | Clodagh Murphy of Eclipse Internet has given her backing to Ofcom's calls for customers to be better informed about their likely broadband speed. Ofcom's report into broadband speeds in the UK has been warmly received by Virgin Media. Residents of Dundee are in line to benefit from the roll-out of a new superfast broadband network. |
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