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Gigabit? Who needs it?
Recently two things got me thinking a little: One of my main PC’s needed a little maintenance I visited the launch of Gigaclear’s Appleton network in Oxfordshire My main Windows PC developed a memory fault and I needed to get a little support from Yoyotech, the excellent people who made it for me. When I got
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Blackberry, Apple, outages, control and collaboration
Its been interesting to watch from afar the iPhone and Blackberry stories this week. When my last contract came up for renewal I looked around, asked the opinions of those around me and after long deliberation I still opted to renew with another Android phone. Android isn’t as fast of slick as an iPhone but
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An observation on British broadband #2
One of my long-term predictions has been that Internet Service Providers will ultimately disappear as we know them today. They were a necessary middle-man when we were trying coax our voice-grade network into the internet-era; dial-up internet evolved from banks of modems providing access to bulletin boards and mail hosts to an interconnected inter-net. Now we are
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What’s super about the injunction?
Fast becoming the national centre for new media, Manchester stands to gain the most from the move by companies like Twitter to the UK. Yet it is allegedly a Mancunian footballer that is doing his damnedest to make the UK the last place on earth you’d think of locating a social media company. The sad irony of the super-injunction
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An observation on British broadband #1
Some key announcements have been made in the last couple of weeks or so and its worth considering what they may mean for broadband in the UK – I don’t know why it took me so long but the conclusion is quite startling! Firstly, we are seeing a host of new models and investment announcements
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An observation on Ireland
At a conference this week I saw a slide which provided a league table of countries according to some measure of broadband, and it showed Ireland as being some places ahead of the UK – albeit with both languishing in the lower ranks. Mmmm I thought – doesn’t really tally with my by experiences. When over in
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Why Sony needs the British
Sony’s well reported problems with the PlayStation Network are costing the company dear – but there is a solution to hand! When the UK approached next generation broadband it could never have been accused of rushing at it – we’ve taken our time, analysed every possibility and then thought about it a bit more. Something that has frustrated just about everyone
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Broadband doesn’t need high population density or PCs?
I just re-watched the brilliant BBC programme “The Joy of Stats”, where the infectious Hans Rosling’s encourages you to explore the world of statistics. I’ve been hunting for a long time in search of a better way to present the mass of data on broadband and was left somewhat envious of the way Hans presents his world facts. Good news!!
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Visualising NGA broadband
I was recently drawn to the Ordinance Survey’s blog where they had tweeted on image they had received which visualised the postcodes of Great Britain is a rather artistic way. Wondering if this approach was easy to replicate and if other data could be used I had a little play with the DCLG NGA broadband model
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Why aren’t mobile customer valued?
My mobile contract with Vodafone was up for renewal this week so I had a look at the deals I was being offered to retain my long-running contract – almost every offer was worse than if I’d walked in off the street. At my request, the “Customer Retention” department rang me and encouraged me to
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