The British Government Is Mandatory To Build A New House Must Join The Broadband Gigatbit Internet Connection

Julia Lopez, Minister of Digital Infrastructure, (photo: Twitter @MattLeeJourno)

JAKARTA The British government has introduced a new regulation that makes it easier to install a faster broadband internet to apartments and flat across Great Britain. In addition, a new law has also been introduced requiring new property in the UK to be built with a wideband gigabit connection, so tenants don't have to pay bills for further upgrades.

The 2010 Building Regulation Amendment was announced by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) on Friday, January 6, which mandates that new homes built in the UK must be equipped with the infrastructure and connections needed to achieve gigabit internet connectivity.

The connection fee will be limited to 2,000 pounds per (Rp37.5 million) home, and developers will have to keep installing gigabit-ready infrastructure (including channels, space, and termination points) and the fastest available connections if they are unable to secure a gigabit connection in the cost limit.

The British government estimates that 98 percent of installations will fall comfortably below that limit, making it most likely to be done to avoid spiral charging in remote rural areas that require a wide-scale increase in lanes.

Property built in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can be excluded from this new law as each country establishes its own building regulations separately from the UK.

The law was only introduced on December 26, 2022, after 12-month technical consultations showed about 12 percent of the 171,190 new homes built in the UK lacked broadband gigabit access after completion.

DCMS claims that broadband gigabits are currently available in more than 72 percent of UK households and are targeting full national gigabit-capable broadband coverage across the UK by 2030.

To meet that goal, other laws have also been introduced to facilitate the installation of faster internet connections into existing apartments and apartments. Previously, millions of tenants living in some 480,000 multi-dwelling units (MDU) of the UK needed to get permission from the land owner to allow broadband operators to install increased connections.

Broadband companies estimate that about 40 percent of these requests are ignored by the hosts, making tenants unable to improve their services even though they are not suitable for use.

Now, the 2021 Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (TILPA) allows broadband providers in England and Wales to request access rights through the courts if the land owner and owner do not respond to installation requests within 35 days.

"Nothing can stop people from taking advantage of better broadbands, whether they are non-responsive owners or property developers' failures to act," said Julia Lopez, Minister of Digital Infrastructure, in a statement quoted by The Verge.

"Thanks to our new law, millions of tenants will no longer be prevented from getting an upgrade broadband due to the silence of their owners, and those moving into newly built houses can rest assured that they will have access to the fastest speed available from the day they move on," added Lopez.

Installing a optical fiber network is not just a gigabit installed on flats and apartments in the UK so far is considered a nightmare. The request that enhanced services have been ignored by any AWOL landowner or land owner for every flat occupied for nearly 10 years, even though UK telecommunications providers plan to permanently shut off outdated copper-based networks (departings from 1911) by 2025.

Luckily in Great Britain also has a competitive market with more than 100 internet service providers, so the people there hope to find some deals now that these changes are taking effect.

An additional 2,100 new residential buildings per year are expected to connect with faster broadband speeds as a result of these new rules, and similar legislation will take effect in Scotland later this year. The existing appeal process that allows the hosts to deny access requests will not be affected.