Do not hold your breath for government action on the future of broadband, Mike McNamara (Broadband of old, letters.computing.co.uk). In November I wrote to Stephen Timms MP suggesting that investment in broadband could help traffic and pollution concerns by promoting teleconferencing rather than driving to meetings.

Unfortunately, this government "does not believe, however, that rollout should be financed through public investment".

While our manufacturing capability ebbs away, surely our only future as a country lies in leading in other areas - apparently IT investment is not one of them.

Duncan Reynolds