TalkTalk has announced $131m ( almost £100m ) of price cuts, which will dramatically reduce what it charges Openreach and other providers to offer superfast and ultrafast broadband. Since then, providers’ savings have not been passed on to consumers, prompting Margot James, the digital minister, to call for price cuts to make faster broadband services more attractive and affordable. The price discounts aim to encourage more than 17.5 million homes and businesses move to faster, more reliable internet services, helping to stop the UK lagging other countries in shifting consumers to full-fibre networks. The news comes as the government revealed a target for ultrafast broadband networks to be rolled out nationwide within Monday .
TalkTalk has announced $131m ( almost £100m ) of price cuts, which will dramatically reduce what it charges Openreach and other providers to offer superfast and ultrafast broadband. The price discounts aim to encourage more than 17.5 million homes and businesses move to faster, more reliable internet services, helping to stop the UK lagging other countries in shifting consumers to full-fibre networks. The news comes as the government revealed a target for ultrafast broadband networks to be rolled out nationwide within Monday .