UK Government Report on Digital FutureMixed reaction to digital plans. Official plans to prepare the UK's digital infrastructure for the future need fleshing out, say experts. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
"An action plan to secure the UK's place at the forefront of innovation,
investment and quality in the digital and communications industries
will be developed by Stephen Carter, the first Minister for
Communications, Technology and Broadcasting. " Full Report
BBC, part of the report's subject, write(s):
The 86-page report sets out ambitious targets for the government to
make broadband ubiquitous across the UK, reform radio spectrum, and
sort out public broadcasting.
Some have been positive about its conclusions but opposition
politicians criticised the wide-ranging report, saying it was light on
specifics.
"We're very disappointed," said Jeremy Hunt, shadow culture minister. [me: isn't that a great title "Shadow Culture Minister" that the U.S. and California are missing?]
"We thought the report was going to contain a strategy," he
said. "In France and Germany they are laying fibre, in Japan they
already have it. In Britain the average broadband speed is 3.6Mb so
what [Andy Burnham] is talking about is getting half the current
speed."
[Emphasis mine.]
For the US consider the 2008 'Digital Future Report' from the Center for Digital Future at the University of Southern California. Now
in its seventh year, this report forms part of a longitudinal study on
the impact of computers, the Internet, and related technologies.
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