Archive: rural broadband
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Nov 23, 2012
No CommentsSpotters guide to fibre broadband
With the recent announcement of the blanket EU State Aid Approval we should be able to talk about the Openreach fibre based broadband products without always having to refer to information from Cornwall. The reason why Cornwall features in fibre broadband news so heavily is that by starting its own Superfast Cornwall project well before...
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Jun 25, 2012
2 CommentsDigital Agenda Assembly 2012 – being inclusive in Europe
A few months ago there was the opportunity to discuss broadband issues on yet another online forum, the difference this one was hosted by the EU. The discussions were designed to be used to set the agenda for the Digital Assembly 2012 meeting in Brussels. The discussion in the High Speed Connections area focused on how...
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May 08, 2012
No CommentsPoll Results: Broadband Universal Service Commitment
Our recent poll featured a question we had originally asked back in 2009, giving us an opportunity to see how the public’s attitudes and expectations of the UK Broadband Universal Service Commitment has changed. We received over 2,400 responses to the poll, which closely matches the response level in 2009, allowing us to compare the...
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Apr 11, 2012
2 CommentsAAISP concerns over rural broadband provision
Internet service provider AAISP have this morning hit out against BT Wholesale for what they have described as an ‘attitude problem’ in fixing some rural broadband issues. In a post on the AAISP website, they refer to the example of the village of Whitchurch as an example of BT Wholesale’s failure to deal with ‘hot VPs’, a congested...
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Jun 02, 2011
7 CommentsUniversal Broadband: It’s not just about speed
Governments have talked for some years about a ‘universal service commitment’ to ensure virtually everyone in the country has access to a broadband service. Discussion has shifted from the previous 2Mbps figure to ‘super-fast’ broadband, but many rural communities remain concerned about the lack of coverage in the ‘final third’. With the recent announcement of...
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Nov 22, 2010
1 CommentAre rural consumers subsidising city-dwellers?
It can be frustrating when you can't get a decent broadband service, but why are rural locations more expensive to service, and why can't you get a discount if you can only get a fraction of the advertised...