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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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.
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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%!
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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.
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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…
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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