Fibre optic broadband is not the only way of bringing the internet to everyone in the UK, the head of a government body has argued.

Broadband Delivery UK chief Robert Sullivan told delegates at last week's Westminster eForum that a number of innovations will need to be utilised if universal coverage is to be achieved.

Mr Sullivan was quoted by tech news website V3 as saying: "There is a role for all technologies to play - including fibre, wireless and satellites - as the economics of each swaps as you go further into remote areas."

He went on to reveal that the super-fast broadband trials in four areas of the UK - North Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Cumbria and the Highlands and Islands - are likely to cost between £5 and £10 million each.

Elsewhere at the eForum, chief analyst at Point Topic Tim Johnson warned the £530 million pledged by the government to achieve universal broadband will prove to be "not nearly enough".

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14th May 2009

the figures will just get better and better. people want more choice when watching tv and they dont get that from channels 1-5.