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Will Digital Britain widen the global digital divide?

17 June 2009 Pete Swabey

The Digital Britain report, which was finally published in full this week, reiterated the government's intention to make 2Mbps broadband available to all UK citizens by 2012.

“More than one in 10 households today cannot enjoy a 2Mbps connection,” the report reads. “We will correct this by providing universal service by 2012.”

A common reaction to this pledge is surprise that the target is so low. And compared to the reported average broadband speeds of certain countries, it certainly is low: in South Korea, for example, the current average is 25 times that, at 50Mbps. Indeed, by 2012, South... read more...

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