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100			_aHawkins, D.
245			_aDigitally enhancing business in Britain's towns and cities
260			_c2003
490			_aNew Urban Futures _v(8) 6 February 2003, 6(1)
520			_aLooks at government measures to promote broadband technology to UK businesses which include a new broadband task force and pushing forward broadband at a local level. Broadband technology can improve companies' productivity and help deliver economic regeneration, but figures from the Office of Telecommunications for January 2003 reveal that only 18% of private firms are wired up. Questions the commitment of some urban local authorities to deliver broadband and suggests that more effort is needed to prevent a 'digital divide'. Concludes by outlining barriers to broadband access such as additional costs under an amendment to the Transport Act 2001.
650			_aBROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
650			_aINTERNET
650			_aLOCAL AUTHORITIES
650			_aBUSINESS
650			_aECONOMIC REGENERATION
690			_aINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-INTERNET
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