Apr 19

Once upon a time…

  Once upon a time a race of people lived on islands on a beautiful sea. Occasionally the people would write letters to each other and every now and again they might visit each other, making the journey on small boats between the islands. Some of the larger islands with big populations on them were [...]

 

May 30

Dear Cisco

I’ve been following @ciscosp360 for a short while, they followed me and every now and again they say something really interesting but on Wednesday night they started broadcasting and I pointed out to them that, well, it’s not necessarily the best way to engage. Clearly I hit a nerve – oops! I feel I owe them an explanation.

 

Dec 1

I’m in a time warp, get me out of here

So why bother to register a concern in the face of an entrepreneurial success story? It’s the box ticking mentality of the English political establishment that has me worried. The pressure will be lifted from our principle service provider, local politicians will see a reduction in their mail as broadband issues disappear and the UK government can look a financial saving in the eye and say “thank heaven for that!” let’s move on.

 

Feb 5

Rural Digital Economy is a Real Digital Economy

I noticed somebody on Twitter earlier this week suggest that if people needed broadband and hadn’t got access to it then they should move. If we take this view we depopulate rural areas so that there is no economic infrastructure at all and we sound the death knell for rural communities. It shows a total [...]