Minister Says Wales Getting A Raw Broadband Deal

A UK Minister has stated that Wales is still getting a raw deal when it comes to broadband access.

Sion Simon, the Creative Industries Minister admitted that for rural Wales in particular, access to broadband was a real problem.
Speaking on the AM-PM programme on BBC Wales, he said, “You are right that Wales currently gets a raw deal from commercially provided broadband”.

Following on though, he also reaffirmed the Government’s Digital Britain goals by saying that “the commitment is for universal broadband at a minimum of two megabits per second across the UK by 2012″.

The minister also pledged that work would be undertaken earlier in Wales to ensure that rural parts of Wales got broadband access.

It is no secret that rural Wales has one of the poorest broadband connection capabilities throughout the whole of the UK. However, the commitments and pledges made here are positive signs that this could change.