New legislation could 'reduce cost' of fiber rollout in UK

The United Kingdom's coalition government is considering new legislation to cut the cost of rolling out high-speed broadband across the UK, in order to get fiber access to more areas and to encourage new companies to become broadband providers. The government believes reducing the investment needed to lay fiber could spur more extensive fiber rollout than has been planned so far, a spokesperson for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said on Thursday.