Okay, so I have stayed quiet about this for ages since I sold Cotswolds Broadband C.I.C. to Gigaclear plc. but since Gigaclear have now secured the contract to complete the work that I started in 2011, I can be sure that it is all going in the right direction and that full fibre will be […]
Category archives: NGA Broadband
The Great Net Neutrality Debate
Net Neutrality is one of those ‘on-topic’ subjects that has swung into focus recently and has caught people’s imaginations. It’s not surprising really as it’s something that threatens to change the way in which we are all able to access content on the Internet, so you could say it’s important! Having watched the oddly compelling […]
When Will Google Fiber Take Over The World?
Okay so this is a bit of fun, but the key message that rolling out fibre broadband connections could take a long time isn’t lost on the majority of people, least of all Cotswolds Broadband, where capital costs are to be kept as low as possible, but it is still a highly capital intensive proposition for […]
Crowdfunding and social media
Through Cotswolds Broadband I have been looking at crowdfunding as a means of raising a significant proportion of the initial capital required to operate a new rural broadband investment fund. When you are talking about generating upwards of £5 million overall, it’s important to get it right, otherwise the business could struggle. So we are […]
Latest Effective Social Media seminar
If you aren’t already actively engaging with more than 800 million Social Media users then you should attend my next two-hour ‘Effective Social Media’ seminar and learn how you can leverage LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social networks for your business, organisation or charity. The seminar aims to give attendees a solid foundation in […]
NGA Broadband – Tackling the backhaul question
As I couldn’t read this whole story on Point Topic today, even though it was sent within their excellent newsletter, I am reprinting it here for others that haven’t seen this article on the costs of middle mile services (referred to here as backhaul). If you do subscribe to Point Topic you can access the […]