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• BSG Conference - Beyond Pipe Dreams 9 June 2008
  Monday, 09 June 2008, 08:30 - 19:00The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) is delighted to host, in partnership with the Ofcom Consumer Panel, its 2008 conference, 'Beyond Pipe Dreams...
  /posts/antony.walker/bsg-conference---beyond-pipe-dreams-9-june-2008 - Antony Walker - 18 Apr 2008
• Through the looking glass? What lies within Ofcom s Comms Market Report?
  Last week saw the publication of what has become a bit of a bible in the TMT sector – Ofcom’s Communications Market Report for 2008. Perhaps some of you who are more diligent than me and h...
  /posts/peter.shearman/through-the-looking-glass-what-lies-within-ofcom8217s-comms-market-report - Peter Shearman - 19 Aug 2008
• The importance of speed?
  Many of you will have noticed the adverts currently being run by a particular ISP, which focus on the superior speed of its fibre-based network. This campaign taps in to the importance consumers appea...
  /posts/peter.shearman/the-importance-of-speed - Peter Shearman - 23 Jun 2008
• The digital divide in a next generation broadband world
  Question: do you think the digital divide will get worse or better if superfast broadband is rolled out in the UK? This is a question that was central for many of the attendees at our recent confer...
  /posts/peter.shearman/the-digital-divide-in-a-next-generation-broadband-world - Peter Shearman - 1 Jan 1970
• The debate in Australia
  Our recent report on the value of next generation broadband created a minor debate on itWire in Australia following a good blog article from Stuart Corner. The article captures the essence of our mess...
  /posts/peter.shearman/the-debate-in-australia - Peter Shearman - 25 Jun 2008
• Review gives NGA momentum
  The government recently announced an independent review of next generation broadband, to be led by former Cable and Wireless CEO Francesco Caio. The BSG welcomes the review. The terms of the review bu...
  /posts/peter.shearman/review-gives-nga-momentum - Peter Shearman - 23 Jun 2008
• Nuenen fibre to the home – the future?
  Recently a colleague and I joined a UK delegation to visit a fibre to the home network built in the town of Nuenen in the Netherlands by a broadband cooperative. The network has connected almost the e...
  /posts/peter.shearman/nuenen-fibre-to-the-home--the-future - Peter Shearman - 23 Jun 2008
• NGA - would you pay?
  In a previous post I explored what the topics of discussion would be at the government's Convergence Think Tank, and suggested that next generation access (NGA) would probably be a key secondary i...
  /posts/peter.shearman/nga---would-you-pay - Peter Shearman - 23 Jun 2008
• Manchester to go down the NGA route
  Digital Region is not alone. Manchester City Council recently agreed to pursue a strategy of intervention to bring next generation broadband (in the form of a fibre to the home network) to Manchester,...
  /posts/peter.shearman/manchester-to-go-down-the-nga-route - Peter Shearman - 23 Jun 2008
• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s broadband
  I saw an interesting article in The Times yesterday. Space Data, an American firm, has started attaching mini telephone masts to the weather balloons it launches in order to provide wireless broadband...
  /posts/peter.shearman/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-no-its-broadband - Peter Shearman - 23 Jun 2008