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The prospect of Universal broadband in the UK has been raised seriously by a report on Britain’s digital future, submitted by outgoing minister for Digital Communication, Lord Carter. Carter’s report recommends that all homes be equipped with the new generation of high-speed broadband by 2012. The report suggests that a £6 a year extra charge on all phone lines would be used to pay for the provision of the new broadband services and also outlines an intention to switch off analogue radio by 2015 and take a portion of the license fee to pay for regional news.

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On Saturday the United States, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cancelled a vote on the provision free broadband across the country, that was scheduled for the 18th of December. The reason for the delay was a bipartisan letter from Democrat, Jay Rockerfeller and Republican, Henry Waxman to Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC. They asked that the FCC postpone any major projects in order to focus on the National switch to digital TV, scheduled for February.

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