Comments on: Gordon says broadband should run like water

By: bobholmes

bobholmes — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:11:52 +0000

And the centrepiece of the report – or at least the bit that’s getting most of the headlines – is a “broadband levy” (aka stealth tax)on telephone connections. So the millions of people, most of them older and poorer, who do not want to use the Internet, will be paying to give others broadband.

Why not make the ISPs, who will be the beneficiaries of the extended infrastructure, include the levy in their charges? Then at least it will be paid by those who use the technology.

Or is that too simple for the likes of Lord Carter?

By: Gill Adams

Gill Adams — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:40:54 +0000

‘Fast Lane Foxy’ Martha Lane Fox (founder of Last Minute Dot com) is going to help the 17million not yet online to become online citizens (includes our 10 million older people). Let’s hope she lives up to her nickname:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/5551647/Martha-Lane-Fox-appointed-Britains-Digital-Champion.html

By: Emma Solomon

Emma Solomon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:16:29 +0000

Best concise news feed re #digitalbritain on Twitter from Bill Thompson http://www.twitter.com/billt (IMHO)

By: Emma Solomon

Emma Solomon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:01:01 +0000

BTW here is the Final Report
http://www.dcms.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx

and here is something that made us laugh
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/16/carter_live_twitter/

By: Emma Solomon

Emma Solomon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:16:44 +0000

You can read more from Gordon here

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6506136.ece

Why can’t I feel excited about this?!!