15.06.09
The aim of the government's plan for universal access to broadband in the UK is to make sure that anyone who wants to use the internet can use it, it has been suggested.
Edd Dawson, managing director at the independent broadband advice website broadband.co.uk, says the purpose is not to force those who are uninterested in the internet to get online.
He adds that the plan is to make broadband "available to everybody", rather than push it upon those who feel they do not want or need it.
Mr Dawson notes: "If someone in a city centre doesn't want to take up broadband, someone living on a remote island will.
"If someone lives in a remote area and can't get broadband and they want it, they are going to be at a severe disadvantage when it comes to work – there are more and more cases of people working remotely."
According to recent research from Ofcom, one in five adults who do not have the internet at home are likely to sign up in the next six months.
Those intending to get the internet are more likely to be younger, use the internet already outside of the home, be working and have children, the study indicated.
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