new internet tax

My line won't support any more than 4meg and I'm paying for up to 24meg. So I'll get charged extra money and see absolutely nothing in return, as will millions of other users. Sounds about right :rolleyes:

But Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the British Phonographic Industry, said the report had failed to speedily implement more effective measures, accusing it of "digital dithering".
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"digital dithering" :rolleyes: If he's going to try and coin new terms he could try something that's not retarded.
 
i already get highspeed broadband and pay for it.
are we meant to pay for the companies upgrades so they can charge us extra for the upgrade which we have just paid for.

does any countries government take the pee like ours ?
 
What's the big deal about having an extra 50p to pay per month, if ultimately it means that the BB speeds will increase?

50p is nothing. Over a yearly basis, that's still only £6.
 
apeZ said:
What's the big deal about having an extra 50p to pay per month, if ultimately it means that the BB speeds will increase?

50p is nothing. Over a yearly basis, that's still only £6.
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but 2Mbps is what they are aiming for.

The main recommendation grabbing most attention is a firm commitment towards 2Mbps broadband speeds for everybody in the UK,
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Would this apply to Virgin Media customers? I am already on 50mb, so don't need anything quicker... at the moment!! :p
 
The Government intends to provide
initially for Ofcom to have a duty to secure a significant reduction in
unlawful file sharing by imposing two specific obligations: notification of
unlawful activity and, for repeat-infringers, a court-based process of
identity release and civil action. The Government is also providing for
intermediate technical measures by ISPs, such as bandwidth reduction or
protocol blocking, if the two main obligations have been reasonably tried
but, against expectations, shown not to have worked within a reasonable
but also reasonably brisk period
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is more to do with funding a police internet.
 
They already tax isps. thats the only way they could tax us - so they cant tax us again. It wouldnt even make sense. Here's what a conversation between and isp and the government would look like:

mp: Hi there isp, its time of the month again to collect the broadband tax
isp: oh hi mp, yes sure here it is - a nice fat sack for you.
mp: thats great. We've also just introduced a broadband tax so we will need money from you for that too.
isp: I just paid you broadband tax.
mp: we want another one.
isp: but what for?
mp: to improve the networks
isp: we are already improving the networks
mp: yes but we want to do it all over the uk
isp: ....we are already doing it all over the uk
mp: I HAVE SPOOKEEEEEENNNN!
 
yet another tax on hard working people, eps in difficult times.
now will this tax go on what's it's supposed to, or will the government use it to fill a rather large hole in their books?

so when can i look forward to FTTH, as this governement wants the UK to be world leaders. so that means that south korea had better watch it's back especally when they launch their 1Gbps broadband speed, as the UK will have faster... (yea right) :rolleyes:
 
It may have already been said but

A 50p per month on fixed copper lines
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So people with Virgin Media don't pay?

So the message now is clear, if you want ultra fast broadband, i.e. something over 8Meg then you need to move into the cities, otherwise you may be waiting until 2017 or later. Of course by then other countries will have completed their own Next Generation roll-outs, leaving the UK where it is now in relative terms in the worldwide digital economy. There is still the risk that countries that missed the first generation broadband wave could leapfrog the UK as we take our step by step approach to faster broadband.
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I am exactly 2.5Miles from the city centre (according to Google Maps) I do not consider this to be out in the sticks and yet I can't even get 2Mb ADSL :S

Hence why I went for VM. Solid 20Mb
 
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I hope everyone moaning here votes everytime they have an opportunity.

As far as the "internet tax" it is, in my opinion, the wrong way to go about it. There must be funds available elsewhere that can be used to upgrade the networks. What were all the ISP's especially BT's profits over the last ten years?
 
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx

The USC (Universal Service Commitment) is the catchword. Oh and chapter 4 on piracy is worth a read as well.

From chapter 1.

The Government believes the fairest and most efficient means of ensuring
that the overwhelming majority of the country has access to next
generation broadband is to share some of that saving and create an
independent Next Generation Fund, based on a supplement of 50 pence per
month on all fixed copper lines. The Fund will be available on a tender basis
to any operator to deliver and will provide a part subsidy for the
deployment of next generation broadband to the ‘final third’ of homes and
small businesses, bringing the cost of the initial deployment to the same
level that operators face in the commercially economic parts of the market
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Plus BT did try to get a high speed network going in the 80's (I think) but Thatcher rejected it. They couldn't do it alone and now we're lacking behind.

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I was thinking of the same thing but understood it that BT turned down Thatcher help and funding for the project. I do remember reading an old manifesto from the late 70's where she promised to have the fiber to every home in the UK. :D

Anyhow this tax thing sucks whilst BT has sat on it bum doing nothing to improve the networks other firms around the world have improved there networks and now the government and BT realise that the UK as a country which mainly provides services will get left behind in the digital age.

I don't know about everyone else but I would pay a massive monthly premium £40-£50 to get fiber to my house (so long as it was uncapped)
if they had invested in the network eariler this could have been a service offered today.

My bet is in the next 3 years a major breakthrough in wireless internet will take place and BT will lose it's market position as far as internet access is concerned and will end up just being a supplier of IT and network services to business's in the UK.

Both BT and the UK will lose in the long run as this is simpliy to little to late in my eyes. I mean lets say that every person in the UK appox 60 million i think had there own internet connection at £6 a year that only £3.6 billion a year, just so everyone can get 2mb broadband :p.

Hell the ID card scheme alone is going to cost over £1billion.

What the betting that BT outsources the network upgrading to a network firm outside of the UK?
 
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