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Broadband investment 'would be positive step'
Tuesday 13th January 2009, by Daniel King
The government should look to fund a move to introduce broadband for all in order to help stabilise the economy and build for the future, a report suggests.
According to the Guardian blogger Victor Keegan, spending to ensure that every household in the UK is connected would be "far and away the best thing" the government could do in the current climate.
While many Brits face the risk of job losses and financial struggle as the credit crunch continues to affect the country, a move to accelerate broadband uptake could help bolster employment figures, Mr Keegan suggests.
"This would put people to work and ensure that everyone, not just the digital elite, has access to broadband to take advantage of the explosion of activity associated with video games, education, remote medicine, high-definition conferencing in the home, virtual worlds and so on," he wrote.
Broadband access is a necessity to help people make use of new technologies and social networks - with such platforms potentially providing the government with a "direct communication channel" to younger voters who continue to turn away from more traditional media channels, Mr Keegan continued.
Moreover, it could even help to offset the collapse of the financial sector, with a broadband revolution having the potential to create a new and alternative source of employment.
Mr Keegan's comments come after suggestions by industry expert Peter Clarke of technology research firm Ovum that the introduction of a new super-fast broadband network in the UK could benefit home and small office workers.
However, he stressed that access must also be made available for the unemployed, as well as for schools and families.
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