Having caught some of Gordon Brown speech this morning regarding the future of Digital Britain and a webpage for everyone by 2020, the thought that occurs is:
Never mind the fluffy stuff, give us the Fat Pipes First – anyone would think there is a general election in the offing!
This is yet again an example of [...]
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Fat Pipes First
Taxing Times Ahead for Rural Communities?
There follows an invitation FibreStream recently accepted to consult with the VOA as regards the potential imposition of business rates to WiFi and WiMAX networks.
As previously highlighted, this development threatens particularly to discriminate against rural communities by significantly impacting the costs and therefore viability of delivering broadband services to local residents and businesses, as the [...]
Digital Britain – DoA Via VOA?
It looks like Digital Britain is now facing an even greater struggle and if implemented the VOA business rates on wireless networks may well cause UK PLC to slide backwards and for us to see a situation whereby thousands of particularly rural broadband customers are cut off as their local grassroots suppliers are forced out [...]