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The move to true Next Generation broadband infrastructure and services is finally beginning in the UK, and CBN is at the forefront of this move. Our consulting teams are working closely with a number of city and regional authorities, helping them to develop unique strategies which will capture the economic and social benefit of this transformation - much more than just a faster triple-play but a way to improve local competitiveness and enhance the delivery of policy agendas. With housing associations, we are helping to develop architectures which put social housing at the forefront of the move, ensuring all members of our society play an active part of the technological revolution. And we are working closely with commercial operators and investors to develop deliverable strategies which prove the case for investment in the UK. |
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Interview with Kees Rovers - founder of the Nuenen NGA scheme |
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Kees Rovers is the founder of OnsNet, arguably the most successful fibre project in the world. Here he speaks to CBN about the project and how it became such a success.
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CBN interviews Rt.Hon Stephen Timms |
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Soon after taking his position as Minister for Competitiveness at the new Department for Business, Economomy & Regulatory Reform, the Rt.Hon Stephen Timms gave an interview to CBN on the role of social enterprise in the continuing development of broadband in the UK.
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Community Broadband is a Strategic Movement |
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The demand for ever faster Internet speeds has brought us to a point where the aging copper-based telephone network can no longer deliver. This means the time has come to replace the current infrastructure with something fit for the future - and that means fibre-optic cabling for fixed locations. This provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on the most appropriate model to deliver this new world. Is the assumption that people areconsumers and that incumbent operators are the safest hands correct - or is there a better way? After all, whatever NGN (Next Generation Network) model is adopted sets the agenda for the next several generations - perhaps a 100 years and beyond, based on the longevity of legacy copper/electricity based infrastructure. Deploying fibre to the premises (FttP) creates an inevitable natural monopoly - it would normally be commercial madness to invest in a competing infrastructure when a consumer will naturally only buy from one provider at a time. This is one of the powerful arguments we believe suggests that a new model of ownership is more appropriate - one that avoids the risk of anew all-powerful incumbent operator with an ownership base divergentfrom the local community that is obliged to make use of the naturalmonopoly infrastructure. At CBN are leading the effort in the UK and abroad to deliver true Next Generation Broadband. |
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