Digital Britain report: Why Lord Carter should get real – The Guardian

Posted February 10th, 2009 in internet, news by sally

“Last month’s release of Lord Carter’s ‘interim’ Digital Britain report sparked howls of outrage from network wonks across the land. Even as Gordon Brown gushed about the potential of the internet to be as important to Britain’s industrial and economic future as roads and bridges, the Carter report’s recommendations proposed to turn tomorrow’s road-and-bridge infrastructure over to the selfish mismanagement of special interests who want to be sure that their buggies won’t be crowded off the digital byways.”

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The Guardian, 10th February 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk