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This final map shows the density of broadband demand in the UK.
According to Point Topic, fibre-based broadband access should be economically viable, without subsidy, in the green areas that show high population density. The yellow and grey areas, which show lower densities, should be able to get NGA "with a moderate level of subsidy as proposed in Lord Carter's Digital Britain report", the research firm said.
As for the white areas that have extremely low population density, "a mix of subsidy, creative ideas and local initiative" will be needed if any NGA is to be rolled out within the next five years, or even longer, Point Topic said.
Talkback
Awful lot of grey and white in them there maps and seriously lacking in pink strips, obviously wireless broadband's is still some time away, but I would have thought that more company's would have put a little more emphasis on utilizing electricity pylons to deliver broader speeds to the populations.
Looks like the South West of Scotland is forgotten about again! Unless you stay in a major city, you will be waiting for years until you get fast connection. Oh well!
if i find anyone up my pathway they,ll get a size 9 up their JAXSEE
BT says the maps are incomplete because Point Topic doesn't know of certain planned rollouts - because BT hasn't announced them yet.
See <a href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014445o-2000331761b,00.htm">the statement here</a>.
it was a joke david i,m supplied by BT., constructive crititism[ITS CRAP]
"Making the business case for NGA investment in areas of lower population density remains challenging,"
As usual the only real challenge is getting BT's purse strings to open up a bit more than usual.