UK's Labour party pledges free broadband for all by 2030, by nationalizing part of BT and introducing a tax on tech giants, if it wins the general election
Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.
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Discussion
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@rowlsmanthorpe
Rowland Manthorpe
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Been digging into the economics of Labour's broadband plan. What's amazing - at least to me - is how much money you save simply by avoiding the costs of competition According to the govt's own figures, providers fighting for the same customers adds £6.2bn to the total cost
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@juliettegarside
Juliette Garside
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Good move. Five years ago, as Guardian telecoms correspondent, I came to believe only this kind of govt intervention would produce the investment needed. The private sector just wasn't coming up with the cash. It still hasn't. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@abotornotabot
@abotornotabot
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It's really easy to make wild, undeliverable manifesto pledges when you know you've got absolutely no chance of winning. If I win the GE, I'll give everyone a unicorn that shits diamonds. Vote for me. https://twitter.com/...
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@colrichardkemp
@colrichardkemp
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“Free”. Everything will be free under Corbyn, until he runs out of other people's money. https://twitter.com/...
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@lukerobertblack
Luke
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This is - and I can't stress this enough - absolutely INSANE. https://twitter.com/...
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@jaymckenna87
Jay McKenna
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This is a more important policy than just saving people money. Internet access improves your social and economic well-being. And as the government pushes more services online only, it's right the next government makes that access free. *Sent from paid for broadband* https://twitt…
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@danbarker
Dan Barker
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Free broadband, free computers, free digital training = all things that could massively push forward UK business in the medium term. Silly to throttle UK progress in this area, when it's one of the few areas where we *can* realistically lead the world & bring in £ from outside. h…
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@lukewsavage
Luke Savage
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Labour is running on a range of incredible policies that would improve millions of lives and I suspect some pundits are going to claim this is basically cheating https://twitter.com/...
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@squealerjones84
@squealerjones84
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A Marxist Labour government controlling your internet connection. Not at all disturbing... https://twitter.com/...
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@davidlammy
David Lammy
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Free broadband for all is a visionary policy. Let's bring the UK up to speed by making businesses, workers and services more connected. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
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@jamesdevonport
James
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There is no such thing as ‘free’ - if the plan is to tax Apple, Google etc for this, it's the consumer who will foot the bill through higher prices. https://twitter.com/...
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@jtsheeps35
@jtsheeps35
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“An open network owned by the government” the most left wing labour government In modern times controlling what you can and can't see then. But as long as is it's FREE! https://twitter.com/...
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@lomadia
Hannah Rutherford
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Idea in itself isn't madness (some European countries are REALLY ahead of us on internet), but BT literally squandered millions of taxpayer money given to them a decade ago for this sole purpose. Tighter reigns essential, in general ISPs serve themselves, not their customers. htt…
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Labour is promising everyone in the UK free full-fiber broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election. Quite the promise! https://twitter.com/...
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@giftcee
VoiceOfTheForgotten
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Have you until 2030 so you can implement free optical fibre? You spent 3 years blocking the implementation of a democratic vote, you can't deliver on a democratic vote so how will you deliver free broadband. @UKLabour can't even deliver anything @DavidLammy https://twitter.com/..…
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@samgyimah
Sam Gyimah
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Hmm...Labour's broadband announcement is an admission they want Brexit. Assuming they can nationalise BT Openreach under EU state aid rules, there's no way they could give it away free under EU competition law. Labour is not a Remain party https://www.bbc.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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I admire Labour's aim to improve the state of FTTP and broadband in the UK, but the devil is in the details. Nationalizing Virgin and Sky? Huh. Far better to deal with Openreach and build the infrastructure that creates competition and choice for consumers and gives us 10Gbps htt…