Broadband is the Priority for British

Diego AguirreCommunications minister Lord Carter has pledged to deliver 2mbps broadband to every UK home by 2012.

The interim Digital Britain report, published last week, outlines a wide-ranging 22-point action plan that examines both broadcasting and the UK's digital infrastructure.

"We are developing plans to move towards a historic universal service commitment for broadband and digital services to include options up to 2 Megabits per second, building on the approach to postal services and telephone services in centuries past," media secretary Andy Burnham told the House of Commons.

Currently, telecoms firms are only obliged to provide lines that can handle 28.8kbps. At 2Mbps lines will be capable of handling much more video and sites that offer much greater interactivity.

But the report did not provide definitive answers on how the promise, called the Universal Service Commitment, would be funded. Carter suggested scrapping BT's obligation to solely provide the required investment, but instead that the cost burden is shared by all industry players, including Sky and Virgin, as well as mobile phone operators, broadcasters and web content owners. Buy Free Samsung Tocco F480 on T-Mobile.