Louis Mosley @louis ?

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  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post The Big Mobile Broadband Debate   6 days, 10 hours ago · View

    We need both! Can’t have the best broadband Europe unless we have both 100% fixed and 100% mobile superfast broadband.

  • Louis Mosley wrote a new blog post: The Big Mobile Broadband Debate   6 days, 10 hours ago · View

    This week is a unique chance finally to get decent mobile and broadband coverage for Britain. At the beginning of next year, the government is holding an auction which will determine what percentage of the population gets mobile coverage. Currently they are aiming for 95%, but this leaves over 3 million people off line and out [...]

  • Louis Mosley wrote a new blog post: Competition Hots Up For Cumbria Broadband Contract   1 month ago · View

    At 9am this morning, Fujitsu unveiled plans to rival BT Openreach and build an open-access wholesale fibre network to deliver next-generation broadband to 5 million homes and businesses in rural parts of the UK. This announcement is terrific news for those of us who are keen to see a fair fight for Cumbria’s £121m contract for broadband and [...]

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      chris conder · 1 month ago

      If they are using openreach ducts isn’t that just another way of giving BT the funding? By a side door? Also there ain’t no ducts to our rural areas, most is direct bury. My guess is they will do the larger populated areas, talk talk will move in with cabinets, and as @yarwell said on twitter, we end up with a final sixth… I remain convinced that the pilot funding should go into innovative pilots for sustainable networks in the really rural areas. Fair fight? There is no such thing. Witness the targeting of our village with the BT flyers this week. They have money to burn, you can’t fight them. Best to JFDI ourselves and let our jfdi networks prove their worth. Fiwipie can deliver far better than cabinets and BET ever can. Stay strong everyone.

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 1 week ago · View

    Craig, O2 and Vodafone are not excluded from the auction. On the contrary, Ofcom is desperate for all MNOs to bid. The 2G re-farm is a separate issue. Also, the backward compatibility of 4G - and hence low cost of deployment - is one of Ofcom’s reasons for setting the coverage floor at just 95%!

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Hi Phil, here’s the relevant bit of the bill: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/161/11161.283-288.html#j878s See Schedule 9, 61E. 4a says that plan/order must be adopted by the LA if more than 50% of community vote in favour, so no longer merely advisory.

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    I’m not sure what will constitute a quorum for neighbourhood planning referendums, but 50% in favour will be the threshold for adoption. It’s in the Localism Bill, set to become law any minute. The Ofcom report is a brute. Writing it like that (and that long) is a way to ensure that no one can [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    The issue of the beneficiaries not being represented in the “community” where the mast is sited is problematic. But I still think that local communities should be given the choice: they see the benefits, but they also have to live with the aesthetic consequences. One thought: it would be great if local communities interested in [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Also, you can now get mobile broadband on the summit of Mt Everest: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jqBgetgq7AcFkfBfsmS4Ah0NWs4g So why not the peaks in the national park…

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Hi Phil, interestingly Ofcom has found no evidence that planning or technical obstacles are the cause of mobile notspots - despite what we hear. Also, I hope regulation isn’t required. Communities should be given the choice. After all, they’re best placed to decide the trade-off between having mobile reception and blotting the view with a [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Hi Peter, not planning to give everyone free mobile. On the contrary, they’d have to buy a monthly or PAYG contract with one of the operators. But I do think mobile broadband would help overcome digital exclusion. Lots of people are put off buying fixed-line broadband because of the cost. PAYG mobile contracts would solve [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Agreed, 2013 is a bit of a wait, but it may take just as long to see the first benefits of BDUK’s £530m investment in fixed line broadband. In Germany, they sold the 4G licences with ‘rural first’ obligations. In other words, operators have to build the infrastructure in the rural parts of the country [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Hi Grant, yes, Rory’s on their case, but the more responses to the consultation, the better. It’s all to easy for government bods to forget about the problem, living and working in Central London. And, most important of all, if lots of people fill out the consultation, I might not have to run through the [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Hi Chris, Ofcom are running a public consultation and they’re inviting us to respond. They may not want to listen, but if thousands of us make a case for extending coverage by setting out the social and economic benefits, they can’t ignore us for long. The point is that Ofcom has the power to impose [...]

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    It’s an interesting report. Worth a read. And at least it tries to cost different options. Its sponsors all have very different priorities and agendas, and aren’t necessarily pro-wireless or pro-satellite…

  • Louis Mosley commented on the blog post Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    What you say is true, Chris, but you know that we’re not going to get a real fibre network built across the whole of rural Cumbria for a while yet. And mobile broadband would be a great stop-gap. Ofcom needs a push from you and everyone else. Otherwise, it’ll never use its powers to get [...]

  • Louis Mosley wrote a new blog post: Ofcom - disconnected?   1 month, 2 weeks ago · View

    Last week, Ofcom finally opened its long-awaited consultation on the auction of the 800MHz band of spectrum, the bit freed up by the switch from analogue to digital TV . Why is this so important? Low frequency spectrum, like this 800MHz band, has an extremely long range – up to a 40km radius from a base station - making it ideal for [...]

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      chris conder · 1 month, 2 weeks ago

      or we could build our own proper fibre network and have our own mobile one too?

  • Louis Mosley wrote a new blog post: Interview with a Broadband Champion no.8: Kate Norman   2 months, 1 week ago · View

    Name: (Sarah) Kate Norman Age: 31 Parish: Stanwix Rural Occupation/Professional experience: .NET Developer and Project Manager in the heart of Manchester’s digital sector. Now freelance - so I get to work on a variety of projects to keep me busy and out of mischief. You live in Cumbria because? I fell in love with a double glazing salesman; it’s also my place of [...]

  • Louis Mosley posted an update in the group AvatarBenefits of Broadband:   2 months, 1 week ago · View

    Hi David, here’s a map of CLEO http://broadbandcumbria.com/wp-content/uploads/Cumbria%20V3.4.pdf As you’ll see, it doesn’t show exactly where fibre runs, but does show what kind of connection each school has. Thanks to Barry Forde!

  • Louis Mosley wrote a new blog post: Latest Update from Cumbria County Council   2 months, 2 weeks ago · View

    Here’s the latest from the County website : The County Council has been asked to take on the role as responsible body for the Accessible Cumbria (superfast broadband) project in Cumbria, by Broadband Development UK (BDUK). The project aims to develop opportunities’ for businesses and communities to develop and thrive in Cumbria. For that reason we are [...]

  • Louis Mosley and Avatarjim savege are now friends   2 months, 2 weeks ago · View

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