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Expert agrees broadband is becoming "the fourth utility"
Thursday 18th June 2009, by Daniel King
An industry expert has agreed with comments made by the prime minister this week suggesting internet services are now as important to UK consumers as things like gas, electric and water.
In a piece for the Times, Gordon Brown outlined his vision for Digital Britain, stating his commitment to providing everybody in the country access to high-speed web connections.
A spokesman for broadband.co.uk, a site set up to provide help and advice to the public on all things related to getting online, has since commented this is a positive move - adding the internet was rapidly becoming "the fourth utility".
Edd Dawson, managing director of the organisation, said it was clear many people already consider the web an essential service - with recent figures suggesting 84 per cent of people would agree.
"There're kids growing up nowadays who've always been online," he added.
"It's a fact of life and I'm old enough to remember before the internet and before mobile phones, but now all those things in my life - and just about everyone I know's life - are totally necessary. It's something they need."
The prime minister's comments were published the day before the launch of the Digital Britain report and outlined plans to bring broadband and other digital services in the UK up to the standards currently being explored by other nations.
He explained although it was essential for the private sector to continue pushing ahead with technology, the government also has an important role to play.
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