Fibrestream » Putting People First http://www.fibrestream.co.uk Fibrestream - Next Generation Access Mutually Owned by and for the benefit of the Local Community Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 We Are All Consumers http://www.fibrestream.co.uk/2010/03/09/we-are-all-consumers/ http://www.fibrestream.co.uk/2010/03/09/we-are-all-consumers/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:24 +0000 guy http://www.fibrestream.co.uk/?p=657 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 New Zealand,

to the children anxious to avoid detention for not completing their homework online,

to the person with health problems wanting to live independently in their own home with the aid of advanced tele-healthcare

to Government Departments that want to cut the costs of transactions with the General Public.

The key message is that regardless of our day jobs, whether we are public or private or community sector minded, each and every one of us needs to get together and demand that the UK has a world-leading telecommunications infrastructure, the 4th Utility, to be proud of – AND PRONTO!

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