Digital has set a 2020 deadline for communications regulator The UK Government to fully implement its Universal Service Obligation (USO ) high-speed broadband plan. In last year's time, anyone in the UK has the legal right to an affordable 10 Mbps broadband connection. The Mbps , which is expected to cost up to £ 1.1bn (£1.5bn) and will be funded by the industry and not the Government as previously proposed, was implemented under two years' Digital Economy Act . BT had previously offered to spend £600m on a voluntary scheme to extend broadband access, a move that would have eliminated the need for a legal requirement. Digital Minister Margot James said the plan put high-speed broadband on a "similar footing as other essential services like water and phone lines".
Digital has set a 2020 deadline for communications regulator The UK Government to fully implement its Universal Service Obligation (USO ) high-speed broadband plan. In last year's time, anyone in the UK has the legal right to an affordable 10 Mbps broadband connection. The Mbps , which is expected to cost up to £ 1.1bn (£1.5bn) and will be funded by the industry and not the Government as previously proposed, was implemented under two years' Digital Economy Act . Digital Minister Margot James said the plan put high-speed broadband on a "similar footing as other essential services like water and phone lines".