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A digital budget?
With the announcement of the launch of the Institute of Web Science (headed up by king of the internet himself - Tim Berners-Lee) and confirmation of the 50p 'Broadband Tax', many are hailing Alistair Darling's latest effort as a truly digitally minded budget.
Not that this is without its controversies - the desire to roll out 'superfast' broadband across 90% of the UK by 2017 may be a noble one, but not everyone wants to pay the 50p per month it's going to cost them to do it.
I guess the real question is whether broadband's a luxury or a utility? We think nothing of paying taxes to maintain our gas pipes - is there a great deal of difference between these and fibre optic cables? I'm not so sure.
The success of the Institute of Web Science remains to be seen, but with a promise to invest £30 million in it, you'd hope it would be worthwhile! It's going to be a collaborative project, based out of Oxford & Southampton Universities, designed to 'bridge the gap between businesses and commercialise web technologies' and put the UK at the forefront of the digital revolution.
It's a bold mission statement, but having Berners-Lee at the helm can only help!
Emily
Created on Thursday March 25 2010 11:57 AM
Web development depends on faster broadband
This week we'll be concentrating on broadband technology. The future of UK web development industry very well may depend upon increased investment in this area to ensure we don't fall behind other European nations in the race for average 100Mbps speeds.
What made me think of this today:
- Radio 4 program last week talking about the total lack of broadband in some areas of the Scottish Highlands.
- The BBC's front page news this morning (in the technology section).
- remembering our blog post back in January.
Lisa
Created on Monday June 09 2008 09:34 AM
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