If we can believe in BBC News, we are not far from that day when we can have broadband with the speed of 1 to 10 GB/Sec. UK Government has already invested £1m to develop the technology. The new technology is to do with fiber optics. Also, government is trying to ensure it is cheap to reach the common people. The government has started funding 13 projects aiming to make it cheap and easier for the people.
Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has been funded for the same which would aim in creating this "ultra fast" broadband technology. It will also help other firms in UK join larger European projects which aim in boosting broadband speed.
"There's a Moore's Law for bandwidth in the home," said Mike Biddle, a lead technologist for the TSB. "It's doubling roughly every 21 months."
"If you look out to 2020 you start to need about 1 gigabit per second (gbps) and beyond," he added.
"Although you can already get 1 or 10gbps you cannot do it at the right cost point," he said. "That's the barrier we are trying to crack." (BBC)
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