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Interesting Developments in ‘2Mb for All’ Plans

2Mb-for-all broadband in three years’ time this sounds like a tall claim coming from communications minister Stephen Carter, who wants to make this a technological feat and rouse Britain’s economy through this initiative.

Satellite and mobile broadband can be introduced to extend the broadband network to places where fixed-line broadband hasn’t reached yet. However, BT has now suggested that 2Mb speed can be attained by speeding up its existing network through simple modifications that range from modest enhancements in home wiring and putting in second lines, to using the new ADSL2+ technology that has the potential for high speed and better coverage.

85 percent of the British population can enjoy the benefits of high-speed broadband through fixed-line connections, says an Ofcom report. Though the percentage may sound impressive, it leaves more than 1 million homes in the UK with disappointingly slow connections. To overcome this speed gap, Kip Meek of the communications ministry is ready to talk with the UK’s mobile broadband providers about expansion of mobile broadband to locations that are still deprived of fixed-line broadband, granting them portions of the broadcast spectrum in return. If mobile broadband interests you, click on pay and go mobile broadband.

However, BT now says that it expects to satisfy 93 percent of the population with its new measures while the remaining 7 percent of UK homes can take recourse to satellite broadband. BT believes mobile broadband cannot address the issue of greater and better network coverage on a long-term basis. It seems the company is troubled by the prospect of mobile broadband taking over fixed line broadband in the near future, as the government had to side with mobile network operators to finally make BT take note of the situation in the interests of the public, and work on measures to expand the reach of its high-speed service.

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