FibreStream works on the basis of Open Source Consultancy, putting the word out there as much as we can on subjects that have widespread significance and interest to the General Public.
There follows our entire response to DECC request for Consultation on Smart Metering - enjoy!
Q1 Do you have any comments on the Government’s preference for [...]
Mutual Ownership
Smart Metering
Humber Bridge Revisited
A comparison between hope and reality for river bridging and its relevance for next-gen in and around a North-East Coastal City today.
According to http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2006-01-18b.43102.h and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_Bridge the Humber Bridge actually cost around £100M on completion in 1981 and, through the magic of compound interest, this represents a debt of £300M+ today that will still [...]
The Daddy of All Broadband
Fibrestream has created a strategic partnership called NextGenUs to deploy the Daddy of All Broadband in Hull.
This is to provide local residents with a choice of similar offerings available elsewhere such as Virgin Media.
Fibrestream aims to deploy 100Mbps fibre to the home with HD television and telephone service in the centre of Hull.
NextGenUs is a [...]
Elastic Domains – NextGen Killer App?
Cloud Computing and particularly the endgame of Elastic Domains is a key driver for business competitiveness particularly in rural areas, as it eliminates the need for businesses to buy and maintain high cost desktop, laptop, telephone and server systems on site.
In order to realise these benefits, this requires a quality, consistent and symmetric, same upload [...]
Day One Impressions – FttH Council Conference Copenhagen
Fantastic delegate turnout and a great social networking event, notwithstanding the guilty feeling of having expended all that CO2 in getting everyone here….
Still once we all have pervasive FttH then we can all meet virtually
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Back in June 2008, I left the UK BSG Next-Gen conference with a sense that Mutual asset ownership was [...]