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Fibre optic cables will boost internet broadband speeds but 'plumbing' the new network is slow and expensive. Photograph: Mira / Alamy/Alamy

Jeremy Hunt has pledged to give creative industries a shot in the arm by ensuring Britain has the fastest broadband network of any major European country by 2015.

The culture secretary's commitment marks a firming up of the government's original target to create the best superfast broadband network in Europe by the end of this parliament, and follows a House of Lords report into the national broadband strategy published last month.

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