Thai Cabinet Agrees With National Broadband Policy

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Cabinet agrees with national broadband policy

BANGKOK, Nov 9 – The Thai Cabinet agreed Tuesday with the national broadband policy proposed by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to allow more access by the government, the business sector and the public to high speed internet, ICT Minister Chuti Krairiksh said.

The government has targeted 80 per cent of the Thai population to access high speed internet in the year 2015 and will upgrade Internet connections to 100 Mbps broadband service in 2020, so professional users and the public at large can access information on education, public health, disaster warnings in time through inexpensive network services.

The government initially supported the budget of Bt20 billion ( US$666 million) through the TOT Pcl and CAT Telecom Pcl to develop high speed internet service. (MCOT online news)

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[Pib]

Highly recommend no one hold their breath for this to come true, especially since coconut trees still carry a lot of the phone/DSL lines.

[nikster]

80% by 2015? 100Mbps by 2020?

Setting the bar real low here... if anything this tells me no-one cares about internet connectivity in Thailand, just as it has been all along.

The MICT's main purpose is to censor political websites and to keep technology under control. And it shows.