Britain still lagging in broadband

Another survey out today shows that Britain has a lower percentage of broadband penetration than anywhere else in Europe. Heck, even Estonia is miles ahead of us according to one report issued late last month. I got the chance to challenge the e-commerce minister Stephen Timms about this last week on the Simon Mayo programme on Radio 5 Live. I'm afraid he didn't even seem aware of the latest research, claiming (wrongly) that the figures I quoted were out of date. But he still insisted that no government intervention was required to bring broadband to more people, more quickly. The most he wants to do is monitor BT, to make sure it doesn't abuse its monopoly position.