Within that context, therefore, there may be room for new business models for internet service, potentially unlocking new revenues for companies seeking to invest in a higher speed network. “I welcome this debate,” says Mr Vaizey. “The marker I wanted to put down is that at the moment I don’t think heavy handed regulation is necessary. I’m saying we’re not going to put regulatory hurdles in the way – the last 20 years have told us not to do that. What I announced as far as I was concerned was business as usual – an important statement that the government was alive to these issues and prepared to intervene in the future. I am absolutely as one with someone like Tim Berners-Lee”