I contacted Ofcom regarding the 4G rollout I mentioned in my previous post. They tell me that this is a commercial decision (as I suggested).
To appease my frustration, they did let me know that the Government are committed to providing 2Mbps universally across Britain by .... 2015.  Wow!  2Meg! When the average speed in the UK now is around 9Mbps, I can only imagine what little use 2Meg will be in another two years (and that is assuming we are not going to be somehow "forgotten" here in the backwoods....

Eldest daughter just had 30Mbps installed in her flat in Bristol - and I guess it comes with free calls etc and will cost less than the 25 quid a month I am forced to pay to Talk Talk for half a meg!