Gordon Brown is due to announce a scheme which will see the government providing free laptops and broadband access to some 270,000 UK families. Some of the poorest households are expected to benefit from the incentive as part of the £300 million Home Access initiative which was announced and trialled in 2008 and throughout last year.
According to a piece today’s Telegraph, Brown is due to announce: “We want every family to become a broadband family, and we want every home linked to a school.”
“For those finding it difficult to afford this, today I can announce the nationwide rollout of our home access programme to get laptops and broadband at home for 270,000 families. It will mean all families can come together, learn together and reap rewards together.”
Families will be able to keep the laptop but will only get the broadband connection for one year, after which they will need to pay for it themselves. It was not announced which companies would be providing the broadband services. Given the reach of its network we’d assume that it would be BT.
Posted by Tom on January 11th 2010 in BT Broadband, Free Broadband
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