Soon all U.K. households could be entitiled to having fast internet access which will be covered by legislation that guarantees supply to every house. The decision is still in talks as to how and when this could happen but with Keith Mitchell of the Local Government Association believing that "high speed internet is now essential to everyday life" the idea becomes even more promising.
"The legal broadband obligation has been proposed by council leaders in response to concerns that rural communities are being left behind by the digital revoloution, with residents and businesses in much of the countryside forced to endure sluggish internet connections." (www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/broadband)
42% of rural households are still unable to access the internet at 2Mbps
figure from the daily telegraph
