Some places have benefited...
Well I for one am glad of the government subsidy, as someone who lives in a rural village where previously 2 mbps and using iPlayer was unthinkable at home, I now have fibre to the cabinet and my broadband now tests out at 65 mbps. Also our exchange has been local loop unbundled finally as there's actually a reason for other ISPs to attempt to provide a service when there is something to actually offer!
So without the government subsidies I'd have had to moved onto a service from a mobile carrier which although completely flaky and down whenever the wind blows in the winter, or it rains, or there's leaves falling off the trees (and yes I am exaggerating, it just seems that way!) was at least testing through above 2 mbps some of the time!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
