moneysupermarket.com: Digital Britain report

James Parker, manager of broadband at moneysupermarket.com, said: "The report states that funding for the rollout of the Universal Service Commitment (USC) will come from the surplus funds from the Digital Switchover.

"However, with over 90 per cent of regions still to be switched over, allocating budgets at such an early stage could be a costly error. If Government funding is not fully in place we may see levies on providers who in turn may pass this on to consumers.

"Unfortunately for the 11 per cent currently unable to get 2Mbps the Digital Britain report can only promise that service competition ‘should be' available across the country. The Government has clearly set out its commitment to the UK's Digital economy, but now its time for them to commit to the consumer and ensure everyone gets fair access and a fair deal.

"The Digital Britain report has outlined a bandwidth floor of 2Mbps. However, internet users are increasingly accessing bandwidth heavy services like streaming high quality video, and our research shows a significant majority already find 2Mb too slow for many of these services."