@Britband, I don't disagree, 20Mbps is a reasonable goal, but I feel we need to be reallistic too, and that may mean not everybody can get it.
With the ongoing rollout of BTs 21CN, we are probably well on the way to an 'up to 20mbps' service for most people, without any government intervention.
At the other extreme, people who haven't a got basic browsing capability of, say about 2Mbps, really are being left behind at the moment and I think it's reasonable that effort should be made to rectify things for these people as a priority. 2mbps, as an absoulte mimimum goal, seems reallistic to me.