Big Society – the North Folk View
Excellent blog post from Rick Waghorn in Nor(th)Folk and interesting how folks the length and breadth of the land are awakening to the increasing importance of connectivity to enrich people lives by its availability – and likewise the impoverishment that comes with lack of broadband – the dreaded NotSpot situation.
As Cyberdoyle noted in the blog comments, the initiative being championed by Rory Stewart in Cumbria is both welcome locally and promising nationally.
What is worth considering is what happens after the building is over, how is this new 4th Utility to be operated, in whose interests and for whose benefit?
Telecommunications decisions that we make over the course of the next 1-2 years will set the terms of trade for the next century ahead.
Big Society, if it is allowed to deliver, offers a golden opportunity for local communities to make informed choices for themselves.
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Posted 3 Aug 2010
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