Digital Britain - Interim Report

The Government's "breathtakingly ambitious plan to connect every home in Britain to the internet by 2012" (The Observer, 1st February 2009).

"By the time it is complete, 27 million households will be able to watch movies, news and documentaries, listen to music or play computer games online, quickly and cheaply. Britain's status as a leading player in the entertainment industry will be secured for a generation or more, citizens will be better informed regardless of their social status, and the economic dividend will be huge."

But who will pay for it, asks The Observer.

Browse the full report here.