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Next Generation Broadband

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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NextGen ‘nuts and bolts’

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Connectivity

Adrian Wooster is up on the podium now, doing the ‘nuts and bolts’ session – and he’s stressing that it’s not about the technology, it’s what you can do with it.
What is the fastest Next Generation technology then? Well, the Fibre LTE is apparently the best! Denmark has tested this up to 1,000,000 mbps [...]

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NextGen Broadband can be used in a Cybermoor not only Bristol!

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Connectivity

Alston is one of the most remote areas in the UK, and they are already building a NextGen network. So if it is possible to build a NextGen network in Cumbria, surely it is possible in Bristol!
Brian Condon is talking about Cybermoor, the connectivity project for Alston Parish in Cumbria. The project is being “upgraded” [...]

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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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