Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it even existed
Kohl did the same in Germany by pushing copper cables instead of fibre in the 1980s since the former minister for post and telecommunication, Schwarz-Schilling, was the owner of a company manufacturing copper cable. Typical example for corrupt politicians of Kohl's CDU party.https://netzpolitik.org/2018/danke-helmut-kohl-kabelfernsehe... (in German)