The Rural Broadband Programme - HC 834

Released on by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
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  • The Rural Broadband Programme - HC 834 Book Detail

  • Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
  • Release Date : 2014-04
  • Publisher : The Stationery Office
  • Genre : Broadband communication systems
  • Pages : 20
  • ISBN 13 : 0215070488
  • File Size : 59,59 MB
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The Rural Broadband Programme - HC 834 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts PDF Summary

Book Description: The Government has failed to deliver meaningful competition in the procurement of its £1.2 billion rural broadband programme, leaving BT effectively in a monopoly position. Despite warnings the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has allowed poor cost transparency and the lack of detailed broadband rollout plans to create conditions whereby alternative suppliers may be crowded out. Whilst BT claims it is making further concessions, this is not impacting on rural communities. Local authorities are still contractually prevented from sharing information to see if they are securing best terms for the public money they spend. Communities can still not access the detailed data they need to understand whether they will be covered by BT's scheme in their area. The lack of transparency on costs and BT's insistence on non-disclosure agreements is symptomatic of BT's exploiting its monopoly position. The Department needs to work urgently with all local authorities to publish detailed mapping of their implementation plans, down to full (7-digit) postcode level. The information should include speed of service, as soon as that is available. The Department should collect, analyse and publish data on deployment costs in the current programme, to inform its consideration of bids from suppliers under the next round of fundingMargaret Hodge was speaking as the Committee published its 50th Report of this Session which, on the basis of evidence from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and BT, examined the roll out of the rural broadband programme

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