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Originally Posted by roughbeast
I have always favoured a nationalised network to all premises, but available for ISPs to deliver to the punter.
The kind of money that is being invested in HS2 would be better spent on a national fibre network. Imagine the employment that would be generated, in all parts of the country, by the construction work alone, not to mention the boost it would give to commerce everywhere as high quality broadband becomes available in every corner of the country.
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Indeed, that's what I was hinting at. The money it takes to shave 30mins off a train journey to London is more than it would take to blanket the entire country in fibre. The economies of scale alone would likely make it cheaper than copper and the benefits would last generations.