Levyfor broadband Britain?

[SizeZero]

and how soon after everyone has broadband access will the tax be revoked?

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.... thought not.

[Fred Bloggs]

tasteless, classless social climbing twunts - Shirley?

You mean footballers and their wives/girl friends?

[Fred Bloggs]

How long do you think that this 6 quid is going to stay at 6 quid? I give it 2 years max before it's increased in each and every budget.

Sadly, I suspect that is very, very true.

[OwlHoot]

No, I do not live in the countryside. I live 18 miles from Chester, 19 miles from Manchester, 30 miles from Stoke, 35 miles from Liverpool. I do not live in the country.

I plotted that on a map, and by my reckoning you live in the middle of the Irish Sea. If you want broadband, I'd start by moving to somewhere on land.

[expat]

No, I do not live in the countryside. I live 18 miles from Chester, 19 miles from Manchester, 30 miles from Stoke, 35 miles from Liverpool. I do not live in the country.

Yeah. I live less than 40 miles from London, 55 miles from Birmingham, 9 miles from Milton Keynes... not the boondocks, but max 1/2 Mb broadband speed. BT are quite happy to sell me higher tariffs though

[VectraMan]

Yeah. I live less than 40 miles from London, 55 miles from Birmingham, 9 miles from Milton Keynes... not the boondocks, but max 1/2 Mb broadband speed. BT are quite happy to sell me higher tariffs though

I live 78 miles to London, 45 miles from Birmingham, 32 miles from Milton Keynes, and I get 8Mb ADSL and Zen have told me they're upgrading me to 20Mb/1Mb for free in the next few months.

Not sure what the point of that was.

[Fred Bloggs]

I plotted that on a map, and by my reckoning you live in the middle of the Irish Sea. If you want broadband, I'd start by moving to somewhere on land.

[lilelvis2000]

I had .5Mb/s..but gave it up. It was too slow to get any work done or watch any videos. Plus I was paying for a 8Mb/s line whilst I was getting only a fraction of that. I get 22Mb/s at my office with BeThere and my wife and I saw no reason to pay for both whilst getting close to nothing on one line.
I'm not holding my breath on this...the bar is set way too low.

[pzz76077]

I'm not saying you personally are a buffoon, but people who think this way are. This will just be another tax to go in the 'pot' to help pay for all the 'fairness' you see about you.

But on the upside you'll be glad to know your hard earned is going towards a monitoring system so the plod can know instantly who has been leaking that some minister has been claiming for watching porn on their broadband.

Doesn't effect me as I don't live in the UK and have no intention of returning. My 20 Meg broadband has worked fine since it was installed.

If I understand this correctly (saw Gordo trying to look like he knew what he was doing on Euronews this morning), it is a tax on phone lines regardless if you currently have broadband or will want it in the future.

PZZ

[DimPrawn]

Come to Swindon one and all.

50 mb broadband, all down fibre optics to every house.

Swindon. It's the future!