<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Posts by David Harrington</title><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/people/david.harrington</link><description>Posts made by David Harrington on Convergence Conversation</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2012 Convergence Conversation and contributing authors.  For full copyright info and terms of use visit http://www.convergenceconversation.com/</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>Convergence Conversation</title><url>http://www.convergenceconversation.com//lib/img/rssimg.png</url><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/people/david.harrington</link></image>	<item><title>Investing in the Cherry Orchard</title><description><![CDATA[For reasons that seem everything to do with controlling the rate of deployment, to the benefit of existing large players, the telcos (most vociferously and, appropriately enough, Talk Talk) are claiming that any whiff of state aid to the roll out of broadband networks will &quot;chill&quot; private investment.&nbsp; Given that the investment spectrum is pretty wide, covering the space between the cherry orchard and the revenue desert, why is it OK for the private sector to invest in the orchard, but not OK for public money to be used for oases in the desert?&nbsp;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.harrington/investing-in-the-cherry-orchard</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.harrington/investing-in-the-cherry-orchard</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:15:26 +0000</pubDate></item>
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