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A study commissioned by regulator Ofcom, involving over 60 million separate service performance tests in over 1600 homes between November 2008 and April 2009, shows wide variations between providers and regions in the UK. Virgin Media (nee NTL) comes out top with BT languishing at eighth out of nine placings but it is the variations between nations that will reboot a continuing argument about the need for better infrastructure investment.
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WAG claims to have “invested significant amounts of money into increasing both the availability and take-up of broadband technology over the past few years” but the Regional Innovative Broadband Support (RIBS) scheme, has been a ponderous exercise about total coverage and has done little to enhance speeds.
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Spokesmen remain insistent that the One-Wales government can address the problem but critics and competitors remain unconvinced that anything significant will happen while the cosy relationship between the Assembly and BT remains a key factor.
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The extent to which Wales has been left behind in terms of investment is an absolute disgrace. What chance does a 'knowledge economy' have of flourishing when the infrastructure is so bloody poor? From what I see of recent announcements by ministers, One-Wales government is starting to mean one-speed.
Why do I keep reading on Welsh blogs how badly the Welsh are treated? I thought that you did quite well out of England and that public expenditure in Wales was greater than the total tax revenue that it brought in.
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