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A government scheme to provide superfast broadband to 22 cities is under fire after the Independent Networks Co-operative Association described changes to the plan as ‘watering down’ its content.
The scheme has been recently championed by George Osborne, who pledged £150m to create 22 “super-connected” cities across the country. Now that money will be given to small businesses in the form of vouchers to pay for installing faster broadband.
The change has come about after Virgin Media and BT lodged legal objections. The two telecoms companies complained that Birmingham City Council (one of the first cities to make plans for the allotted money) would be unfairly threatening their businesses if it went ahead with installing a proposed 100+ Mbps fibre optic network.
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