tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006743252877504189.post4997166809562825..comments2022-11-10T10:32:50.746-08:00Comments on Only In Leicester: Broadband Connectivity in Leicester - Feedback from Businesses SoughtBen Ravilioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11461868167048936161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006743252877504189.post-78229230350120212472012-11-01T09:04:16.926-07:002012-11-01T09:04:16.926-07:00This may be too technical for me. Active networkin...This may be too technical for me. Active networking is clearly essential for the future of the city - especially one with such diversity as Leicester - and we have great opportunities. However,it must lead to realisations of mutual interest and generate "interest and action nodes" - for example across education and business (adult English skills are in great need of improvement in Leicester). My own interests at the moment is in building a network using the vast amount of stimulating and informative material available from, for example <br />TED: http://www.ted.com<br />EDGE: http://www.edge.org/<br />RSA: http://www.thersa.org/events/video<br />Big Think: http://bigthink.com<br />to seed such nodes - there will be other simuli- evolving a city intelligence and self-awareness. An important part of this would be generating meetings, actual physical meetings, where interests could be set in context and made robust - perhaps leading to more mutual interests found.<br />I guess that I'd better stop here. Allan Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352941183656322765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3006743252877504189.post-69501260963014989152012-10-09T06:27:01.011-07:002012-10-09T06:27:01.011-07:00Nice work Rav. Just to expand on one of those poin...Nice work Rav. Just to expand on one of those points. I'm working with a guy who knew the owner of that Swindon company. Apparently it failed because, and I quote:<br /><br />"No-one checked whether they were actually allowed to put equipment on lamp-posts'.<br /><br />Hundreds of thousands invested in a project where no-one had actually tested the fundamental premise.<br /><br />Brilliant.<br /><br />Out here in the bad-lands (Oakham) we're not achieving anything exceptional speed-wise, but having two pipes from different suppliers for continuity seems to work fine.<br /><br />Very interesting point about the 4G roll out. I'd presume they did it based on customer density, but taking a positive step to bring such things into the city would definitely be a good thing as we start to see things like the Yota model for broadband become a reality in the UK. (http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/10/features/hello-4g). <br /><br />ChrisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655565546745725822noreply@blogger.com