Broadband: Rural Areas
(asked on 27th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are plans for the receipts from the fine imposed on BT by Ofcom on 27 March 2017 will be spent on the roll-out of rural broadband.
This question was answered on 30th March 2017
The government is already taking a range of steps to provide rural areas with the digital infrastructure they need. The £1.7bn superfast broadband programme, will deliver at least 24 Mbps speeds to 95% of premises by the end of 2017.
We are also legislating for a new broadband Universal Service Obligation, giving people a legal right to request fast broadband services wherever they live.