The remaining 0.2 percent would be able to access the required speeds via satellite or would have the option of covering the excess themselves. The UK Government has set a new 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 £ ##500 ( £ ##500 ) 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 " .
The UK Government has set a new 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 £ ##500 ( £ ##500 ) 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 " .