Back in December I had a little blog rant about the proposed broadband tax that the previous Chancellor had proposed - http://blog.markettiers4dc.com/archives/90-Freedom-of-the-Internet.html

Well, the good news (and again, these are personal views and not those of markettiers4dc) is it would appear that yesterday, new incumbent George Osborne may have read our blog, as he announced that the 50p a month tax would be scrapped before it even got started, leaving private investment to handle the roll-out of the super-fast broadband whilst ensuring money would be made available for rural areas - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10378416.stm

This is a great compromise and a good step towards ensuring we get everyone to enjoy a quality online experience.

And on that subject, markettiers4dc have just signed up to http://raceonline2012.org/ to help make the UK 100% connected by 2012. We’ll be thinking of ideas on how we can help achieve this aim but recommend you go to the site to make your pledge too.