Free basic broadband for all may be easier/cheaper to admin than means tested provision.
In that sense, maybe it wasn't so stupid.
Free basic: Free for all. Want to have superspeed? OK now you need to pay. And yes that will mean the costs have to be pushed to people that need the superspeed for work, like me. I am happy to pay extra though like the metropolitian lefty elite than I am.
Free basic broadband for all may be easier/cheaper to admin than means tested provision.
In that sense, maybe it wasn't so stupid.
Free basic: Free for all. Want to have superspeed? OK now you need to pay. And yes that will mean the costs have to be pushed to people that need the superspeed for work, like me. I am happy to pay extra though like the metropolitian lefty elite than I am.