The cost of high-speed broadband services is relative to the large investment in infrastructure that must be recouped by operators. By reducing the cost of providing infrastructure to lower-income groups, it may be possible to tailor lower-cost broadband products that bridge the affordability gap. Subsidies from public-sector bodies, affordable-housing providers, or operators’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) budgets may help to bridge this gap further.
It may be possible for operator- and public-sector-led subsidies targeted at affordable-housing communities to reduce the cost of broadband provision to lower-income groups, through demand aggregation or through direct investment in infrastructure.
There are a wide range of options available to improve the affordability of high-speed broadband services, with a particular focus on affordable-housing communities. We have summarised these into three broad categories as shown in Figure 3, with further explanations provided below.
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