Universal 2mbps Broadband Costs To Add £6 Levy Per Household

Yet another tax will be introduced by the government to finance the investment needed to provide faster internet access to rural areas, the so-called "not-spots"; for that a £6 annual fee will be slapped on all phone lines in the country. The proposal was one of the highlights of Lord Carter's Digital Britain report and paves the way for an era where every household in the country will get a 2mbps broadband line by 2012 and where 90 percent of the UK population...