Most UK homes will have "superfast" fibre-optic broadband services by 2017, according to Conservative party plans.
Delivering speeds of "up to" 100 Mbps (megabits per second) by using "market-based solutions" will put Britain's broadband access ahead of other major European countries, the party believes.
It plans to encourage competition between broadband providers by changing regulations and allowing private investors to expand the fibre-optic broadband cable network, but has suggested diverting 3.5% of the licence fee to support expansion if needed.
The party said its plans to end BT's "local loop monopoly" and open up the market to competitors - which worked successfully in Asia - would lead to "significantly faster" broadband than the Government's existing plans to roll out a universal 2Mbps broadband service by 2012.
Labour accused the Tories of "playing catch-up", and Stephen Timms, financial secretary to the treasury, said: "Labour have already announced measures for rolling out broadband across the country - and the Tories have opposed the plans to make that happen."
A BT spokesman said: "Going substantially further will however - as we have seen with other countries - require some form of public sector support and so we look forward to engaging with politicians from every party."
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