New ‘100Mbps’ scheme to unleash potential of broadband VPN
The spread and accessibility of broadband VPN connections could benefit from new plans announced by the Conservatives to bring high-speed internet to the whole country by 2017.
Currently, local VPN connections are most easily accessed by users with fast broadband connections, however, there are still some areas of the country where the web speeds on offer fall below optimum standards.
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said that speeds of up to 100Mbps would be available to everyone in the country under a new plan partly funded by the BBC license fee.
The new network of high-speed lines would make it easier than ever for people to access broadband VPN connection from locations all around the country.
At the moment, people accessing broadband VPN are at an advantage if they are in areas with well-provisioned internet access, such as city centres (although even there, they are still at the mercy of contention and web congestion).
The full usefulness of broadband VPN connections would be unleashed by the new high speed network, allowing people to access their office networks at reasonable speeds no matter whereabouts in the UK they are.
The popularity of broadband VPN use has risen in recent years as more people choose to work remotely from home and more offices implement VPN connections as a way of connecting remote locations.
The new plan has also been tipped to help the economy: “In the 21st Century let’s build the super-fast broadband network that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs for Britain,” said Mr Osborne.