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Principles of intervening in broadband & digital isolation
Following on from the previous post, “Public or Private“, which looked at the different models of public intervention in markets generally, this post begins to explore the different models for intervention in broadband markets. This is not a practical critique of any particular approach – more a quick look at the theory. The basis of this
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A market view of the fibre evolution
It can be argued that the telecommunications market is undergoing what may be the single largest transformations in its history as it migrates away from copper-based services towards fibre-based solutions. The debate surrounding the shift often focusses on the immediately practical points of the technology choices and the mechanics of who pays for it and
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BDUK Framework update
Since I wrote about the impending BDUK procurement framework, there seems to have been a little movement which I think it right to acknowledge. I wrote that a source told me that the framework would require revenues of at least £40m in each of the last two years – in the “final draft” I understand is due
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Where’s the demand for “superfast” broadband?
As we start to debate what “superfast” might mean in a broadband context, too often people are returning to the bigger “why” questions: Why do we need to invest at all? where’s the demand? The technology sector is an example of where Saye’s economic principles tend to trump Adam Smith; where intelligent supply tend’s to
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