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Bristol Green ICT Champion – Bristol Wireless

by Matt 25/10/2009 in Bristol

Bristol Wireless is committed to social improvement through the building of a wireless computer network. This volunteer run co-operative research and develop services and products to help people to reduce the carbon footprint and cost of their ICT, including low power hardware, open source software and wireless networking. Bristol Wireless also wipe and refurbish old [...]

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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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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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£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?

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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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