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 [...]
Social Inclusion
Taxing Times Ahead for Rural Communities?
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 [...]
Just NextGenUs 2009 Hull Videos
After Stakhanovite efforts by Pharos VJs Kizzy and Reg, plus a little Youtubery from the NextGenUs team, here are some highlights of the Colloquium and BSG COTS event:
First up, a 9 minute overview
Some early arrivals meet and greet – [20 Seconds]
More Convergence Conversations – [19 Seconds]
People Create Change – [25 Seconds]
NGA will be a Patchwork [...]
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 [...]
BBC Lifeboat Coverage
Short interview with Andy Comfort on the BBC Radio Humberside Breakfast Show.
RNLI NextGen Project
Covers the RNLI Humber project and touchs on the key message:
Next Gen Access is not primarily about the technicalities of FiWi – it is all about people, community and choices.
Social Notspots
Networks have to be economically sustainable but there must also be value to people. Without people the network is silent,” said Guy Jarvis, managing director of FibreStream.
Auntie Beeb Gets It!
As a lovely way to finish the week on a glorious Friday afternoon
see http://bit.ly/OWl4M
It is positively heart-warming to see the kind of FibreStream-led NextGenUs grassroots JFDI initiatives that are deliberately aimed at where the need is most, the 15%-20% of the population of the UK who are are in Notspots and Crapspots for broadband today, [...]