At the recent BDUK Industry Day, some eyebrows were raised at the NextGenUs Ashby FttH project not requiring a penny of Taxpayers Money to deploy.
Having discussed the reaction with those who were there and who were not, it is worth clarifying the position as regards the wider Final Third NGA picture.
It is helpful to consider [...]
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Dangly Bits
Trust women! – both a perennial male exclamation and perhaps the answer to solving the Final Third problem too?
Anyone who spends any time at industry events will immediately recognise the gender imbalance in the telecoms sector – where are girls?
There doesn’t appear to be any technical reason for testosterone to be a mandatory requirement and [...]
USA Insight for BDUK
On the eve of the BDUK Industry Day on Thursday 15th July 2010,
Some fascinating developments from Google acting at a grassroots level to get local communities to step up, get organised and demand service and no Taxpayers Dollars in sight.
Sure some might say this is a Digital Beauty Contest and nonetheless the engagement that FttH [...]
Working Fibre Tax Credits
Millions of families in the UK are familiar with Working Family Tax Credits, WFTC, (now called WTC) one of Gordon Brown’s best initiatives.
Rather than maintain families on benefits at the Taxpayer’s expense, instead provide assistance and reward in return for people taking up employment instead.
What has this to do with broadband, the 4th Utility, you [...]
There is No Final Third
Margaret Thatcher gave an interview back in 1987 that was much criticised in certain quarters by those who missed the actual meaning, that society is simply an abstract shorthand for people as individuals and families and communities working together – Building a Big Society even.
In this Age of Austerity, here is a handy money-saving idea [...]
We Are All Consumers
Following the announcement of the Final Third First Campaign last week, there have been many conversations about what FTFC is about, who are founders, who are observers.
The reality is that we are all consumers where the 4th Utility is concerned -
from the chairman of BT
to the grandparents wanting to keep in touch with family in [...]