| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
David
Bard
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
Posts: 1261
|
 Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:24 am Post subject: High speed broadband costs revealed |
 |
|
| Quote: |
High speed broadband costs revealed
pa.press.net
Installing high speed broadband in every home in the UK could cost almost £30 billion, an industry report has said.
The figure comes in a report by the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) - the Government's advisory group on broadband - on the costs of fibre-based next generation broadband in the UK.
And it reveals a big difference in the cost of supplying superfast internet between built-up and rural areas.
The report says supplying every home with next generation broadband could cost between £5.1bn and £28.8bn, depending on the technology used, and that the costs of deploying in rural areas will far exceed the costs in towns and cities.
Antony Walker, chief executive of the BSG, said: "This is the most comprehensive analysis produced to date on the costs of deploying fibre in the UK.
"The scale of the costs looks daunting but the report does shed light on how some of these costs can be reduced and what the likely extent of commercial rollout will be.
"It should focus minds of commercial players, policymakers and regulators on the potential solutions to these challenges."
The model demonstrates that national deployment of fibre to street-level boxes, the cheapest technology option, would cost £5.1bn. This is three or four times more than the telecoms sector spent deploying the broadband services.
Taking fibre to every UK home using point-to-point fibre, the most expensive option, would cost as much as £28.8 bn.
Superfast broadband will allow speeds of up to 100 Mbps (megabits per second), up to four times faster than current speeds.
|
Big Brother will be everywhere. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
Public Forum
Members only forum
Members Group
| 
