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".
The UK Government has set a 2020 deadline for communications regulator Ofcom to fully implement its Universal Service Obligation (USO) high-speed broadband plan. In two years' time, anyone in the UK has the legal right to an affordable 10 Mbps broadband connection. The USO, 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 last year's 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".