Universal Broadband Is Fourth Utility Says Expert

A broadband industry expert has backed the comments made by the prime minister earlier this week indicating online services are now as significant to UK consumers as some of the essential things like water, gas, and electricity.

Edd Dawson, managing director for broadband.co.uk, a website designed to offer help and advice to internet users, has quoted “broadband for all” a positive move by the government, and supported the comments that the internet is increasingly becoming “the fourth utility” for UK consumers.

Along the same line, Dawson said, “It's a fact of life and I'm old enough to remember before the internet and before mobile phones, but now all those things in my life - and just about everyone I know's life - are totally necessary”.

Although it's the responsibility of private sector to continue steering the broadband technology ahead, the government also has a crucial role to play in materialising the objectives, he said.

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Furthermore, he earlier asserted that plans to make broadband universally available must be implemented as per the users' choice, instead of forcing people to opt for it; however, the idea behind the proposal is to make broadband available anywhere, he added.

He also notified that there are chances for someone living in a city to not seek broadband access, while people living in remote areas may need it desperately at the same time. 

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