Connectivity

High-speed connectivity is the corner stone of a modern city like Bristol. We aim to build collaborations that will ensure the City benefits from the best levels of digital infrastructure now and in the coming decade.

Digital Economy Bill: Second Reading

by Kevin 07/04/2010 in Bristol

The controversial Digital Economy Bill had its second reading in the Commons yesterday with only five percent of MPs attending the debate while thousands of citizens Twittered their views watching live at home.

Proposals to levy a 50p landline tax to fund the expansion of next generation broadband were dropped from the legislation but measures to [...]

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Consultation launched on Next Generation Broadband fund

by Kevin 07/01/2010 in Bristol

As we reported in December, the Government will be charging a 50p per month ‘broadband tax’ on all fixed phone lines. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has launched a consultation into how the fund created by this tax should be used.
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50p per month Broadband Tax to be levied

by Kevin 09/12/2009 in Bristol

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has confirmed in his pre-Budget statement that all householders with a fixed phone line will be required to pay £6 per year as a Broadband Tax.
The money is to upgrade the exisiting telecommunications infrastructure so that super-fast broadband can be made available to 90 per cent of the population [...]

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The ‘E-solated’

by Matt 20/10/2009 in Connectivity

There are 10 million people in the UK still without an internet connection. This one-in-six population are increasingly excluded from the opportunities and conversations of the world. The statistics speak for themselves – shopping and paying bills through the internet make “average savings of £560 a year” and unemployed people who learn [...]

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BT Announce Faster Broadband for parts of Bristol

by Stephen Hilton 09/07/2009 in Connectivity

Bristol City Council today welcomed BT news that super-fast broadband is to be rolled-out to around 24,000 homes and businesses in and around Bristol.
Three BT exchanges in the city – covering Downend, North Bristol and West Bristol – are among the latest UK locations due to be upgraded next year with super-fast broadband [...]

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Google Finds Local Gov

by Kevin 03/07/2009 in Bristol

Thanks to Dave Briggs for spotting this…
Do you work in local government?
Are you free on 7th August?
Fancy popping down to Victoria in London to visit the Google offices?
Oh, and get to hear from the real experts about how to make the most of Google services, whether search, analytics, maps, advertising, widgetising content, and more?
For the [...]

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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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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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