Former ACCC chairman, Graeme Samuel later said the proposal was "an illusion on cost and on the capacity to truly deliver high-speed broadband to end users".

The Government has effectively already failed on its promise to deliver superfast broadband to 90pc of the country by 2015, Chi Onwurah, the shadow minister for the digital infrastructure, has claimed.

They are actually based on the technology used to deliver broadband.

"Our core business is delivering broadband to emergency services via satellite, then supplying applications that run over that broadband."

In 2011 these standards were the most used method to deliver mobile broadband.

This head-scratcher of a revelation comes as everyone is debating the role that market competition plays in delivering broadband to consumers.

The trial will deliver broadband over a 4G technology known as LTE to 200 customers who live around St. Newlyn East and the surrounding area of South Newquay.

The proposal is to tax every line in the country, and use the proceeds to delivering rural broadband.

BT are taking infinity to deliver broadband.

Motorola Point to Point Fixed Wireless Solutions Group of Ashburton, Devon for wireless point to point transmission equipment delivering broadband.