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Brian Condon discusses the ambitions and drivers behind NextGen projects

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Connectivity

Brian Condon of Community Broadband Networks is speaking to the delegates about the national plan and local responses, highlighting that the future of broadband is in the real communities that we all live and work in.
New services require higher speed broadband – we need next generation services to deal with the demands that new services [...]

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NextGen Vision for Bristol

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Bristol

Barbara Janke, Leader of Bristol City Council, has opened the event by extending a warm welcome to all the delegates and wishing them a successful day.
David Bishop, Strategic Director of City Development, Bristol City Council, is outlining the vision for Bristol as a connected city.   He has explained that digital connectivity has an important role [...]

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NextGen Roadshow in Bristol today

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Bristol

We’re almost ready to start.
The video link is http://www.bristol.public-i.tv/site/player/index.php?a=23770.
Here’s the schedule for the morning:
 
*     10:00 Welcome by the Leader of Bristol City Council – Barbara Janke
*     10:05 ‘Vision for Bristol as a Connected City’ -  David Bishop – Strategic Director of City Development, Bristol City Council
*    10:15 ‘Can We Do it? Yes, We Can!’  Brian [...]

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Helping the non-line get online

by Kevin 16/01/2009 in People

If you are reading this the likelihood is that you’re fairly comfortable using technology to navigate your way around the web. Its estimated though that around 30% of the population don’t have the confidence or capability to take advantage of the benefits of belonging to the online community.
The Post Office have released a free Internet [...]

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EU considering universal broadband move

by Kevin 29/09/2008 in Connectivity

Every three years the European Commission conducts a review of it’s Universal Service Obligations (USO). The USO outlines the telecommunications standards and services that all EU citizens can expect. The USO also states that if a majority of EU citizens are able to make use of a particular telecoms service, then the policy is to [...]

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Who are the hard to reach?

by Kevin 12/06/2008 in People

Lots of assumptions are made about who the “hard to reach” digitally excluded individuals in the UK population might be. Generally these assumptions focus around deprivation, ethnicity and disability. However wealth, education and privilege don’t necessarily guarantee inclusion in the digital age. Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair is himself a self-confessed technophobe.
Famously, Senator Ted Stephens of [...]

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Are we getting enough fibre?

by Kevin 25/01/2008 in Connectivity

Fibre networking firm H20 has launched its Fibrecities initiative, with the aim of bringing ultra fast connectivity to homes and businesses in the UK. The fibre optic cable is deployed through underground sewer networks bringing speeds of up to 100meg to users. H20 plan to pilot the scheme in Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee from September [...]

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My Kp Community Wi-Fi in Australia

by Stephen Hilton 14/12/2007 in Connectivity

We have learned that once you start using this ‘Inter web’ thing openly – things happen. A good example is the response to this recent Connecting Bristol blog post
We invited suggestions about how to re-brand Wi-Fi in the city, to raise awareness of the potential benefits. Your suggestions for new names included, Bristol Wireless, Bristol [...]

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Here Comes CatBot

by Tomas 25/05/2007 in Technology

CatBot is a proposed open source system for easy distribution of large files using peer-to-peer technology (p2p). A peer-to-peer system (aka file trading system) is a method of exchanging data that combines the networked, distributive power of each individual computer, to enable an interconnected mesh of network bandwidth. CatBot is also known as the South [...]

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