[Gllug] Singapore national broadband contract

[Richard Huxton]

David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
> Is the future state of broadband in the UK that the industry regulator 
> has handed the keys of the kingdom over to BT who will implement CN21 
> when they get around to it, and that the government has refused to kick 
> in any public funding but thinks that a 2Mbps (maybe!) connection will 
> be enough for anyone?
> 
> Here's the Singapore approach. Bear in mind that it is essentially a 
> city state and although less than half the size of M25/Greater London 
> the project will have to cope with a large number of islands.

 From wikipedia:

Singapore's population density = 6,814/km^2
U.K.'s population density      =   246/km^2

Half the cost for the UK will be the last 15% of the population, I'd 
have thought.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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