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UK government watchdog report says Boris Johnson's pledge of nationwide gigabit broadband coverage by 2025 will be missed due to litany of government failures

Rajeev Syal / The Guardian :

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  • @johnmcdonnellmp John McDonnell MP on x
    One of the reasons for Labour's free public broadband policy at the last election was the failure of the private sector to deliver & our prediction that Johnson's pathetic publicity stunt plans would also fail. It hasn't taken long to have this confirmed. https://www.theguardian.…
  • @stonecoldstev3 Stone Cold Ian Austin on x
    Reminder that South Korea already has 80+% fibre coverage, whereas the U.K. is on 2% - largely because of lack of investment and a completely backward obsession with “competition” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
  • @pandascottish ScottishPanda on x
    I am old enough to remember when the Conservative party made a promise about broadband in their 2010 manifesto 12 years later here we are today roll onto the 2025 warnings https://twitter.com/...
  • @shady_inf0 Dave White on x
    Johnson's promise to deliver nationwide “turbocharged” broadband by 2025 will be missed because of a catalogue of government failures, parliament's spending watchdog has concluded. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
  • @uk_domain_names Edwin Hayward on x
    “UK will miss 2025 target for full-fibre broadband rollout, MPs warn Government failures will leave thousands of rural homes with slow broadband, spending watchdog says” GE2019 manifesto target was 100% coverage, since cut to 85%, can't even manage that! https://www.theguardian.c…