UK officials have pledged to meet a new goal to raise broadband speeds. By the year 2033, they promise to bring fiber broadband to every home in the UK. At the halfway point in 2025, fiber, which is faster than copper, will be available in 15 million households, the government claims.
Fiber connections are more consistent, faster, and more affordable than copper connections, but it’s also ineffective to have a hybrid mix of both fiber and copper. In order to attempt to accomplish this lofty goal, the government is ordering that new homes be built with fiber connections, and it’s also investing £3 billion to £5 billion to assist companies to bring fiber to rural parts.
If the government did nothing, it would take over 20 years for fiber connections to reach at most 75 percent of the UK
These goals, if achieved, would help bring the UK up to speed, compared to the other European countries it trails behind. Only 4 percent of the UK currently uses fiber, according to the press release, while Portugal and Spain lead the charge at 89 and 71 percent, respectively. The percentage is even greater in certain Asian countries: South Korea is at 99 percent and Japan is at 97 percent. A recent government study found that without more investment on a policy level, fiber connections in the UK would only be available for 75 percent of the population at most, and it would take over 20 years to achieve this.
Still, the UK’s downward spiral toward being the developed country with the slowest internet speeds has gone on for a while, and the government has made similar promises before — and failed to keep them. Back in 2012, it pledged that the UK would have the fastest broadband in Europe by 2015, a promise that was clearly not fulfilled. This year in the global rankings, the UK came in 35th place for speeds, trailing behind the US and over a dozen other European countries.
Serikali ya Uingereza imepanga kuweka lengo la kuongeza kasi ya mtandao wa mtandao. Mwaka 2033, kampuni hiyo itatoa huduma ya fiber-to-the-band kwa kila nyumba nchini Uingereza. "Katika nusu ya mwaka 2025, ""fiber"" ambayo ni ya haraka kuliko shaba, itapatikana katika nyumba milioni 15,"" serikali inasema." Viunganishi vya nyuzi ni thabiti zaidi, haraka, na nafuu zaidi kuliko uhusiano wa shaba, lakini pia ni isiyo na ufanisi kuwa na mchanganyiko wa nyuzi na shaba. Ili kujaribu kutimiza lengo hili la juu, serikali inaamuru kwamba nyumba mpya zijengwe na uhusiano wa fiber, na pia inawekeza £ 3 bilioni hadi £ 5 bilioni kusaidia makampuni kuleta fiber kwa maeneo ya vijijini. """Ikiwa serikali haitafanya chochote, itachukua zaidi ya miaka 20 kwa uhusiano wa fiber kufikia asilimia 75 ya Uingereza, ikiwa itafikia malengo haya, itasaidia kuleta Uingereza kwa kasi, ikilinganishwa na nchi nyingine za Ulaya ambazo zinafuata nyuma." Kwa sasa, asilimia 4 tu ya Uingereza hutumia fiber, kulingana na taarifa ya waandishi wa habari, wakati Ureno na Uhispania zinaongoza malipo kwa asilimia 89 na 71 kwa mtiririko huo. Kwa mfano, katika nchi za Asia, asilimia ya watu wanaofanya kazi katika ofisi za umma ni asilimia 99 na katika nchi za Asia, asilimia ya watu wanaofanya kazi katika ofisi za umma ni asilimia 97. Utafiti wa hivi karibuni wa serikali uligundua kwamba bila uwekezaji zaidi katika ngazi ya sera, uhusiano wa fiber nchini Uingereza utapatikana kwa asilimia 75 tu ya idadi ya watu, na itachukua zaidi ya miaka 20 kufikia lengo hili. Hata hivyo, Uingereza imepanda kwa kasi kuwa nchi iliyoendelea yenye kasi ya chini zaidi ya mtandao, na serikali imetoa ahadi kama hizo kabla na kushindwa kuzishika. Mwaka 2012 ilitangaza kuwa Uingereza itakuwa na mtandao wa kasi zaidi barani Ulaya kufikia mwaka 2015, lakini ahadi hiyo haikutimizwa. Katika orodha ya nchi zinazoongoza kwa kasi ya usafiri, Uingereza imeshika nafasi ya 35 baada ya Marekani na nchi nyingine kadhaa za Ulaya.