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A year in deeply rural broadband
It seems to have come along very quickly but I’ve now been helping out in BDUK for a year, so it felt like a time for reflection - what has happened in the world of community broadband in the last year? BDUK will speak for itself and this is not the place for making announcements on their
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National legislation with global impacts
The Internet blackout by many of the big names in response to proposed US legislation isn’t the first time law makers and internet pioneers have faced up to each other, and its also not the first time that national legislation, attempting to target a national issue, has had potentially significant impacts on the running of
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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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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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Why waiting to bid for BDUK may be the smartest option . . .
. . . at least until after the 9th of May. This advice is probably too late for some local authorities so apologies for the unhelpful suggestion to those who’ve sweat blood in the last few weeks and put together a submission to BDUK already. But if there’s any doubt in your mind that your
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Ken Olsen
I’ve often felt that the history of computing would make a fascinating topic for the TV – the impact of its short life so far can’t be underestimated yet many people have no idea who the pioneers are who made it all possible. One of two name have entered public consciousness, Bill Gates and Steve
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Communities see the case for broadband investments – the proof
I met Rutland Telecom during the week on JON Exchange business and we got talking about their success. Its been clear to me for a long time that for a great many areas (but not all) what they need is a new business model rather than grants to companies that helps to buffer established but inappropriate
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Oxonline
Recently there has been a run of really good broadband events around the country, and last weekend was the turn of Oxfordshire. It’s been such a manic week that I haven’t had time to write much about the event but I’ve had several requests for my presentation from the event. The wonders of Powerpoint mean the slides
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Rating success or land-grabs?
I’ve one final piece to get off my chest about the VOA’s “clarification” on business rates applied to fibre networks, and its about the upside-down nature of the rules and how the new framework exacerbates an already difficult situation. The old rules taxed fibre owners for homes passed regardless of whether anyone bought a service.
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Ubuntu or Windows?
While clearing down my info emails this morning there was an entry on the daily slashdot digest about Dell’s new advice to people torn between using Windows or Ubuntu on their computers. Like everyone else I suspect, I was expecting a checklist which helped differentiate the two operating systems and guide their customers to the
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