A recent survey conducted by ISPreview reveals that as much as 92% of the UK broadband users are not happy with the steps taken by the government to improve the state of high-speed internet in the country. The government has set the target to provide a 2Mpbs connection as minimum for internet bandwidth provided to each household by year 2015.
However, the survey has also shown that 89% of the total 842 people which participated in this survey feel that the 2Mbps bandwidth will be insufficient by 2015. This could be justified by the fact that more people are adopting internet lifestyles by using VoIP clients, watching videos and making use of bandwidth hungry technologies for both entertainment and productivity.
According to the Chancellor, George Osborne, the UK government is going to spend more than 500M Euros in the upcoming years to increase the spread of internet by 30%, especially to the rural areas and the 2Mbps is the minimum standard for household connections. However critics point out that this speed is not enough to cope with the future bandwidth requirements that might lead to limited resources for the UK population for internet connectivity while the world witness tremendous growth.
In contrast, the European Union is working to make the "basic broadband" compulsory which would require a minimum of 30Mbps broadband speed to be enforced in the member states by year 2020. This might push the UK government to increase the current broadband standards.
Detailed Survey Results
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