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.

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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Local Gov TV – interview about high-speed broadband developments

by Bryn 27/05/2009 in Connectivity

Has anybody visited LocalGovTV? It’s a really useful online TV channel where you can watch interviews/short films etc about government initiatives.
If like us you are interested in high-speed broadband developments you should watch ‘Engaging communities through high-speed broadband – Interview with Richard Steel, President of Socitm’.
You can go straight to the interview by [...]

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Wi-Fi Networking in Knowle West

by Helen 22/05/2009 in Bristol

Connecting Bristol has been working in partnership with Cityspace, Bristol Wireless, KWW Computers and Knowle West Media Centre in Knowle West to implement a Wi-Fi network in the area.
The network consists of three phases, firstly the implementation of a wireless backbone running from Broadwalk to The Park, Daventry Road, complemented by street level [...]

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What’s your average speed?

by Bryn 05/05/2009 in Connectivity

Putting your megabit numbers into context ….
A study released in January 2009 by Ofcom revealed that the average broadband speed was just 3.6MB (megabits) per second. This is a fast enough connection to listen to audio and watch video, however over 60% of UK consumers currently subscribe to packages promising speeds of up [...]

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£250m underspend available to the broadband industry?

by Bryn 27/04/2009 in Connectivity

The broadband industry will be able to use the estimated £250 million underspend in the BBC’s digital switchover fund to bring internet access to everyone in the U.K by 2012, under plans unveiled by the chancellor in last weeks budget.
“It is vital to ensure the entire country and economy benefits from the digital [...]

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So what are the benefits of Next Generation Access?

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Bristol

Is next generation connectivity going to bring enough advantages to justify the effort and expense involved in developing the infrastructure?
For high quality video on vimeo click on the link http://vimeo.com/3940606
Connecting Bristol Next Gen Broadband conference

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How to make a business case for NextGen access projects

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Connectivity

Alex Roy from Adroit Economics advised delegates on how to make a business case and translate projects ‘on the ground’ into funding from the regional RDAs and the European Commission.  He stressed the need for projects to be clearly defined and for consideration of the likely impact in social and economic terms.
Following Alex’s presentation, a [...]

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