Dennis Howlett has written:
Many readers will know that Richard Murphy, Francince McKenna and myself are sharp critics of the profession for one reason or another. Today I stumbled upon Michael Ramos who writes theEyeShade blog.
Don't worry Dennis. I spent much of yesterday in Westminster.
I can tell you: we're not alone.
The profession has been rumbled.
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High speed broadband is a good thing but the government should keep its nose out of this. The availability or otherwise of broadband is reflected in land values. And people will pay for the service if they want it. So this is just pushing up land values in areas where it would not be economic to provide it, at least not fixed lines. This is an example of postage-stamp pricing at its worst. If BT and Virgin think it is worth doing, they will provide it with no help from the beleagured taxpayers.
However, there are so many possible technical solutions that this is something that can and should be left alone. There are many utility providers with network infrastructures who could get in on this. The tax, which is not of course hypothecated, will soon rise above the trivial £6 starting level and just be yet another tax.
However, given the large scale renewal of Victorian infrastructure currently going on, it is a pity the opportunity is not being taken to do fibre-optics whilst the roads are already being dug up. My own street was due for f/o but it never happened, and Virgin failed to take the opportunity to put it in when they could have done it on the cheap, so why should taxpayers fork out to cover for their incompetence?