BIS Consultation on the Next Generation Fund

On Jan 7 2010 the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) launched a consultation on the proposed Next Generation Fund. The consultation period ended on April 1 2010. You can download the consultation document here. INCA's response to the consultation can be downloaded in full here (or via the link below). In summary, INCA's response made the following points:

• INCA starts from the premise that some public investment in next generation access will be necessary.
• INCA believes that the best way to use the funding available under the Next Generation Fund is to encourage the development of regional, sub-regional and local partnerships working to realise next generation broadband in their areas. In this way the funding can be used as gap funding, thus making viable what would otherwise be a marginal business case for deployment.
• INCA believes that Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) offers the best long term value for the UK.

During the course of preparing this response INCA consulted widely amongst its supporters seeking comment and input.Please read the full response document for further details.