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Fri 09 Sep 2008EC wants access to broadband for all by 2010
The European Commission said today it wants all European citizens to have broadband internet access by 2010 and it questions whether telcoms providers should be forced to provide a basic level of service.
Publishing a paper today, the Commission noted that average broadband take-up in the EU is just 20 per cent, with Ireland lagging behind that.
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