BT’s subsidiary Openreach, which controls the UK’s broadband network, has told ministers it will spend £600m to ensure 1.4 million rural homes have access to a minimum speed of 10Mb by 2020, meeting a Conservative pledge. The government said it will not sign any potential contract with BT unless that legal obligation is transferred to the company. Local authorities not up to speed with fast broadband delivery Read moreBT’s proposal does not include any public funding. Rivals argue that this is a stealth charge that effectively means UK broadband users will fund the rural internet rollout as their bills go up. The government has asked Ofcom to look at BT’s plans on how to recover its rural broadband rollout costs as part of its existing review.

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2017 23:03 UTC