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U.K. Government Raids BBC Money to Finance Rural Super-Fast Broadband

LONDON, October 25, 2010 – The U.K. government has decided to tap into the BBC’s income to help pay the estimated $1.35 billion cost of deploying super fast broadband to some rural parts of the country over the next seven years.

Philip Hunter

Oct 25, 2010 — 2 min read

LONDON, October 25, 2010 – The U.K. government has decided to tap into the BBC’s income to help pay the estimated $1.35 billion cost of deploying super-fast broadband to some rural parts of the country over the next seven years.

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