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Comment on Over 55’s and adults with a disability can sign up for Free IT training in Bristol by Aly Fielden

Aly Fielden — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:01:38 +0000

Hi there, I'm looking for a way to contact you without having to complete an online form?? I'm about to send out details of the Get IT Together scheme to some provider organisations for them to pass details on to service users. It will be the first question they ask – how do I contact by phone? THanks in advance, Aly

Comment on FREE EVENT: Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, Talks in Bristol by Support Bristol’s bid for Wikimania 2013

Support Bristol’s bid for Wikimania 2013 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:53:28 +0000

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Comment on Bristol to pioneer Local TV service by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:25:46 +0000

Thanks for the link Woodsy- I was aware of the Rediffusion service but it was good to read a bit more about it. Its worth pointing that although the service is no longer available the ducts that Rediffusion laid in the City have been largely reused to house an extensive fibre optic network.

The pioneering bit here is that Bristol is in the first tranche of Cities rolling out a service under the new legislation.

Comment on Bristol to pioneer Local TV service by Steve Woods

Steve Woods — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:49:28 +0000

I would just like to point out that this is not the first time that Bristol has had its own local TV service, so there is no way that the latest government announcement concerning Bristol deserves the verb 'to pioneer'.

Back in the 1970s, Rediffusion operated Bristol TV, which was inaugurated on 17th May 1973 by government minister, Sir John Eden.

Full details: http://www.rediffusion.info/Br...

Comment on Bristol to pioneer Local TV service by Steve Woods

Steve Woods — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:45:53 +0000

…while Bristol Channel, Rediffusion's experiment in local community television, was inaugurated on May 17th 1973 by Sir John Eden, the Minister of Posts & Telecommunications.

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Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:18:08 +0000

Comment on Superfast Broadband is coming to Bristol by Bradley Stoke Journal

Bradley Stoke Journal — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:06:57 +0000

This time last year, BT was running its Race to Infinity competition to gauge where the greatest demand was for faster broadband around the country. In the area covered by BT's Almondsbury exchange (including most of Bradley Stoke, North Bristol) 11.25% of residents took the trouble to vote - by far the greatest level of response in this area. What has happened since then? BT has installed superfast broadband in areas of Bristol already covered by Virgin Media where the demand demonstrated in the Race to Infinity competition was as low as 0.61% (Stoke Bishop). Come on BT/Openreach - when are you going to listen to what your customers are telling you?

Read more: Better Broadband for Filton, Almondsbury and Bradley Stoke Campaign http://bit.ly/bpe2hE

Comment on Digital Inclusion Programme rolling out in Bristol by Kerrybradshaw

Kerrybradshaw — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:12:52 +0000

Awesome project!

Comment on Free computer training for Older people and people with disabilities by lingtre

lingtre — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:01:28 +0000

the old people should also learn toknow thow to use a computer for in the future computer will be used more widely….

Comment on NextGen 11 Conference coming to Bristol 15 & 16 November by Lots more free public wifi for Bristol | Bristol Wireless – community IT services, help and training in your aerial

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:43:01 +0000

[...] announcement has been made in advance of the Next Gen broadband technology conference taking place later this week in [...]