UK Broadband Plan Set To Clear EU Approval 37
judgecorp writes "The British government's plan to subsidize rural broadband in the UK is about to get approval from the European Union, even though every contract so far has been awarded to BT, according to sources. The Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project has been examined under EU state aid rules, but apparently has passed despite all the money going to one dominant telecom operator"
Re:As long as it isn't News International (Score:4, Interesting)
Someone feel free to correct me, but from memory the only other company bidding on the rural broadband contracts was Siemens, and they've hit the government's blacklist due to repeated failures to deliver.
Sovereignty? (Score:2, Interesting)
If I were British, I would be annoyed that my country doesn't have the sovereignty to handle its own internal affairs, but that's just me.