<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Posts in Networks</title><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/categories/networks</link><description>Posts in the Networks category on Convergence Conversation</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:03:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2009 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/categories/networks</link></image>	<item><title>The Politicising of Broadband</title><description><![CDATA[Some interesting comments on the NGA question from David Cameron and the Conservative party today. In a speech on the economy and its various problems Cameron said this about the importance of broadband to the UK and what, if elected, he would do about it: &nbsp;&#39;Fibre optic broadband is changing the way people work and do business, and it has the potential to completely transform our economy. It could open up new markets for our creative industries, promote innovation, create new, family-friendly jobs as people can work from home - and help reduce carbon emissions.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/sam.ingleby/the-politicising-of-broadband</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/sam.ingleby/the-politicising-of-broadband</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:53 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>FTTH Community Guide</title><description><![CDATA[I should be promoting my own book but this new FTTH Community Guide may be of more interest to readers of this blog! Although it is deeply Americanised, much of what is covered in this guide bears relevance to those looking to develop community FTTH in Europe. Obviously, the lack of a co-operative or mutual model within the case studies is a shame; however, each municipality seems to be seeing a ROI which undoubtedly has a positive effect on the communities&#39; coffers.ECFibernet is also worth keeping an eye on to see how the sustainability and profitability to rural areas pans out.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/lindsey.annison/ftth-community-guide</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/lindsey.annison/ftth-community-guide</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Bagels, recessions and social networking</title><description><![CDATA[Just as Lord Voldemort is euphemistically referred to as &ldquo;He Who Must Not Be Named&rdquo;, so the same treatment is applied to the word &ldquo;recession.&rdquo; The &ldquo;R&rdquo; word is, quite frankly, a dirty word. It strikes such fear into the heart of business, that companies would much rather use another word in its stead. Here are a few:Downturn.Slump.Bottom out.Realignment.Bagel.(Bagel is my personal favourite, it&rsquo;s what Josh Lyman from the US show The West Wing insists on describing it.)Of course it doesn&rsquo;t matter what you call it.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/matt.holt/bagels-recessions-and-social-networking</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/matt.holt/bagels-recessions-and-social-networking</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:24:09 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Sputnik moment... call to action for national US broadband policy</title><description><![CDATA[Ben Piper of Strategy Analytics has derided Internet connectivity in the US, describing it as &quot;outpaced by other developed nations in terms of broadband deployment, penetration, availability and affordability&quot;. He appears to be gifted in framing his assertions by raising the spectre of the Russian Sputnik initiative in 1957 which spurred the US to engage proactively in the space race.In his report&#39;s accompanying press release, Ben is quoted as saying: &quot;Through inertia, complacency and false security, the United States was late out of the broadband starting gate, and has barely begun the game of catch up....]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/philip.sheldrake/sputnik-moment...-call-to-action-for-national-us-broadband-policy</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/philip.sheldrake/sputnik-moment...-call-to-action-for-national-us-broadband-policy</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:47:32 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Now that's what I call broadband</title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I was called to a house in the village having problems with their PC and internet. (Everyone is having problems here at the moment, due to a very shaky rural electricity supply playing havoc with IT kit - for which we pay exactly the same as anyone in an urban area, but I digress). I ran some speedtests.......You can&#39;t argue at that, can you?! I nearly went and dug up their drive looking for the fibre in our village that has so far eluded me... So, even though I know it is]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/lindsey.annison/now-thats-what-i-call-broadband</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/lindsey.annison/now-thats-what-i-call-broadband</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
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