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Recommendation
Fourth Report - Broadband and the road …
Accepted in Part
It would not be acceptable having abandoned one unrealistic target, for the Government to fail to meet a second, less ambitious, target through lack of effective planning or inadequate investment. The Government should outline, in its response to this Report if not before, how it settled on the new gigabit-capable …
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It would not be acceptable having abandoned one unrealistic target, for the Government to fail to meet a second, less ambitious, target through lack of effective planning or inadequate investment. The Government should outline, in its response to this Report if not before, how it settled on the new gigabit-capable broadband target of 85% coverage by 2025, a full assessment of how likely it considers it to be met, and the detail of how it plans to deliver it. The Government should also clearly state its target date by which it expects the remaining 15% of premises to be served with gigabit-capable broadband.
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Government response AI summary
The government outlines its strategy for delivering gigabit broadband through a £5 billion UK Gigabit Programme and existing funding, estimating at least £1.2 billion will be spent by March 2025 to deliver 5 percentage points of the final 20%. However, it does not provide a …
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation
Fourth Report - Broadband and the road …
Accepted in Part
Judging by the legislative measures to date, the scale of the Government’s efforts to tackle the most serious barriers to roll-out does not match the scale of its ambition for gigabit connectivity. Despite the challenges of the 2025 target, the Government intends to “wait and see” about complex problems such …
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Judging by the legislative measures to date, the scale of the Government’s efforts to tackle the most serious barriers to roll-out does not match the scale of its ambition for gigabit connectivity. Despite the challenges of the 2025 target, the Government intends to “wait and see” about complex problems such as third-party access instead of addressing them as a matter of priority. We recommend that the Government reforms the wayleave regime for telecommunications infrastructure in the next Parliamentary session to address unresponsive and/or uncooperative landlords in urban and rural settings, including third-party land.
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Government response AI summary
The government highlights existing reforms to the Electronic Communications Code, the upcoming Royal Assent for the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill to tackle specific issues, and a current consultation on whether further changes to the Code are needed. A full reform of the wayleave regime …
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport