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by iamben 2413 days ago
Maybe scrap HS2 and spend the money on this instead? Seems a better use of however many billion we're up to and would probably make more of a difference...
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Why suddenly giving 100% of Britain 100mbs BB wont do much for the national productivity.

That money would be better spent else where, better vocational training - Rebuilding the countries ability to say be able to make its own pistol or rifle

Can you see the spending round where the Postmaster General competing against the other departments for more funding for police or the NHS vs subsidising BB.

I think you can 10x that bandwidth from what I hear.
For every subscriber I think not