Neelie: 2013 100% internet, 2020 50% heeft 30MB/sec, 2015 50% commercieel+public services

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Daar gaan de internet providers het nog moeilijk mee krijgen.
UPC werd eerst lokaal gedwongen de snelheid fors te verhogen, en mocht
kort daarna alweer een gemiddelde aanhouden.
De snelheid is nu in de ochtend OK, in de middag en avond kun je een
kopje thee er bij drinken ;)

Groet / Cees

May 19, 2010
EU Unveils ''digital Agenda'' to Increase Use of Web
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/19/business/AP-EU-EU-More-Online.html
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:20 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday to
greatly increase the number of Europeans using public and commercial
services online over the next decade.

Neelie Kroes, the EU commissioner for digital affairs, said 30 percent
of Europeans have never used the Internet.

Beyond that, there are four times as many music downloads in the U.S
than in Europe, and only 1 percent of Europeans have access to
fiber-based high-speed networks, she said, compared to 12 percent in
Japan and 15 percent of South Koreans.

And Europe lags behind its main competitors in developing cutting edge
technologies, she said.

The reasons, Kroes told a news conference, are weak investments -- EU
spending is 40 percent of that of the US -- and national borders that
''hamper access to pan-European telecoms services, digital services and
content.''

To catch up, she said, EU governments must double their annual spending
on research and development to euro11 billion by 2020.

Kroes' ''Digital Agenda'' includes steps to improve information
technology standards and compatibility, eliminate regulatory barriers,
encourage electronic payments and simplify digital copyright management
and licensing.

Kroes said the European Commission will put forward a raft of measures
-- including 31 EU laws -- over the next 2-3 years to get more Europeans
online by 2020. She outlined these goals:

-- Broadband coverage for all EU citizens by 2013.

-- By 2015, 50 percent of Europeans shopping and using public services
online.

-- By 2020, broadband coverage at 30 megabytes per second and more for
at least half EU households.

Kroes said Europeans are unlikely to go online more unless they feel
safe. That means EU governments must tackle ''the rise of 'cybercrime,'
ranging from child abuse to identity theft,'' she said.

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