Smivs writes "The BBC reports on the
high cost of converting the UK to high speed broadband,which could exceed £28.8 billion ($52.53 bn).
In a statement Antony Walker, chief executive of the Broadband Stakeholder Group which drew up the report, said: "The scale of the costs involved means that the transition to superfast broadband will be challenging."
"We hope that this report will help to ensure an informed public debate on the key policy and regulatory decisions that lie ahead," he said.
The BSG report looks at the three most likely options for using fibre to boost the speed of the UK's broadband networks.
The cheapest option, at £5.1bn ($9.3 bn), is to take fibre only to the familiar street-level cabinets that act as a connection point between homes and exchanges. Beyond the cabinet to the home existing copper cables would be used. The BSG estimates that this system would permit speeds of 30-100 Megabits per second (Mbps).
The other two options involve taking fibre to homes via a shared or dedicated cable.
The BSG puts a £25.5bn price tag on the shared option which would see a small number of homes sharing the 2.5 Gigabits per second capacity of each line.
Giving every home or business its own dedicated cable is the most expensive option, said the BSG, and could cost up to £28.8bn. But it would mean each home would get up to 1Gbps."
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