People, places and ICT
Posted in Broadband, Innovation, Online services, Rural, Technology on Sep 16th, 2008
The report on ‘Next generation Broadband’ by Francesco Caio has just been published and recognises the need for a framework that will encourage community action. Malcolm Corbett of the Community Broadband Network (CBN) summarises below. As I have said previously, it is crucial that communities are give a clear framework so that they can mobilise [...]
Posted in Broadband, Communities, Events, Homepage, Rural on Jul 19th, 2008
I was pleased to be invited to the launch of the Commission for Rural Communities’ (CRC’s) 10th Annual ‘State of the Countryside’ report at the RSA on Wednesday.
The CRC had taken an interesting approach to the launch by inviting people from outside the rural sector to give short presentations. These were:
Tony Travers, Director of the [...]
Posted in Broadband, Rural, Technology on May 22nd, 2008
I was alarmed to hear a piece on the Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme this morning. It said that OfCom had reported that broadband uptake in rural areas was now higher than it is in urban areas and that ‘a digital divide’ had been closed. This is so misleading that it beggars belief and will do [...]
Posted in Broadband, Online services, Rural, Technology on Apr 28th, 2008
My sister-in-law lives in what must be one of the remotest spots in England. When we visit we leave our car on a grassy knoll and switch to a very old 4×4 for the last couple of miles of the journey which takes about 20 minutes.
Life for her is hard. She has a telephone thanks [...]
Posted in Broadband, Communities, Homepage, Rural, Technology on Dec 17th, 2007
It is inconceivable to think now that just 5 years ago rural Britain faced the prospect of no access to broadband. The visionaries of the time, who mostly ended up playing an active part in the Community Broadband Network (established by ruralnet|uk and The Phone Co-op) and the Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC), could see [...]
Posted in Articles, Broadband, Communities, Technology on Apr 30th, 2004
Everyone is delighted at BT’s announcement on 27 April 2004 that they are abandoning trigger level campaigns. Like the proverbial good genie, BT is going to enable any exchange with a trigger level set. No more campaigning required. Most people will have access to ADSL by the summer of 2005. Our wishes have all come [...]
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