From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Digital Mission Bristol – Monday 29th June @ eOffice

by Stephen Hilton 23/06/2009 in Bristol

Digital Mission Bristol
Mon, 29th June, 5-7pm (networking till 8.30)
eOffice Bristol, 11-19 Wine Street, BS1 2PH
FREE REGISTRATION

As part of a series of regional workshops to publicise the Digital Mission trips to the USA in 2009/2010, the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Chinwag will be visiting Bristol on Monday, 29th June.
Digital Missions are a series of [...]

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Bristol is ready for Carter’s Digital Britain…

by Stephen Hilton 15/06/2009 in Bristol

On the eve of Lord Carter’s final Digital Britain Report our latest city data shows that Bristol’s residents are ready and waiting… 3 in every 4 are already regular Internet users who have used the Web in the last week.
Residents are most likely to access the Web at Home (76% in the last 6 months), [...]

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Green ICT solutions database …. a taster

by Bryn 15/06/2009 in Bristol

Here at Connecting Bristol, we are involved with the Bristol Green ICT (energy for efficiency) project. As part of the project a Green ICT Solutions Database has been complied and will shortly be published on the Green ICT section of this site. The database contains over 100 green ICT solutions, ranging in difficulty [...]

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2020 is the ’smart’ target …

by Bryn 08/06/2009 in Green ICT

2020 is the target set by the government for every UK home to be fitted with a smart meter.
If you’re wondering what a ’smart meter’ is, it’s an advanced meter that identifies power consumption in more detail than a conventional meter; and communicates that information in real-time to the user and / or [...]

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EVENT – Next Generation Broadband Access, building the case for regional investment

by Stephen Hilton 05/06/2009 in Connectivity

Tuesday 21 July | 3:00pm-7.00pm | Watershed | Free |  Book now
Hosted by the Creative Technology Network (CTN) and the Digital Communications Knowledge Transfer Network (DCKTN)
With 73% of people now feeling that broadband is as important a utility as electricity or water, we must ask whether mainstream broadband speeds, whatever the operator or [...]

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More People Value High-Speed Broadband than currently have it?

by Stephen Hilton 03/06/2009 in Connectivity

UK households with Broadband = 62.5% (source, Deloitte)
People who think high-speed broadband is important = 73% (source, BBC)
Conclusion – More people see value in high-speed broadband than currently have it?

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ICT for Energy Efficiency

by Stephen Hilton 01/06/2009 in Green ICT

We have created some new web pages to start to share our work on Green ICT here
On March 12, 2009, the European Commission adopted a Communication on mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate the transition to an energy-efficient, low-carbon economy.
Over the last year, we have been developing and piloting a methodology for [...]

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