The inability to maintain “universal, easy-to-access distribution” is one of the BBC’s principal risks.59 When we asked about how the BBC is preparing for the transition to online, the BBC told us that any move towards it must ensure “no one is left behind,” emphasising that the BBC had no desire to have people who cannot access its services.60 We asked the BBC about the timescale of the transition to online services, and the BBC said that any switchover depended on universal broadband (around 20 Mbps) to enable streaming and that, once the number of unconnected households was small, it could pursue targeted solutions to ensure those households are connected.61