Archive for digital britain
The future of digital Britain with Jeremy Hunt
Cross-posted from the Mandate blog: What does and should the digital future hold for Britain? Those were the issues addressed by Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and others, including Mandate’s Sacha Deshmukh, at an event last week hosted by Polis and sponsored by Mandate. See the views of Jeremy Hunt and others in this [...]
Has the Government just laid down a new performance benchmark for online industries?
The Digital Britain report’s plans to ensure that everyone has access to 2mpbs broadband by 2012 has mostly attracted attention for the low speed being aimed for and the ways in which it will be funded. However, two other aspects are notable. First, 2012 is not very far away. Indeed, as targets arising from long-term [...]
David Lammy demonstrates how not to carry out a public consultation
The Open Rights Group blog has the story, pointing out how the deadline for comments on the Digital Britain Report was followed so swiftly by a press release that it’s hard to believe that the views submitted by people to the consultation were really considered:
Last Thursday the Open Rights Group along with many others made [...]
