One of the more interesting concepts to emerge during the DigitalDales Rural Broadband Colloquium in Newark a couple of weeks ago, was that of "Moral Fibre." It was so good it deserves a much wider audience.
Bolstering already fast broadband in urban centres whilst ignoring slow or non-existent broadband in rural areas, the favoured approach of the main UK operators, is, quite simply, immoral. The UK may well have a fibre backbone, but the approach to extending it has, thus far, been pretty spineless. It shows a lack of moral fibre!
What we need is more Moral Fibre, ideally un-taxed to stimulate uptake and growth.
The only fibre should be moral fibre!
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Just in case you are one of those folk who never read the comments I though it only fair to give due prominence and plaudits for the person who came up with the broadband concept of moral fibre. Guy J of Fibrestream points out that it was there very own Glen Rewston (www.fibrestream.co.uk) who came up with the concept of "Moral Fibre" at the Colloquium.
Well, Glen, what can we say but brilliant!
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One might suggest that "bolstering already fast broadband" in urban areas where Virgin media already have superior co-axial and fibre cables is a very short-sighted policy. Once such urban users are used to Virgin's faster speeds would anybody select the slower and less reliable Openreach FTTC solution ?
ReplyDeleteHow much better to really start installing fibre everywhere.
Kind regards,
Walter
Nice one son!
ReplyDeletethough I doubt the VOA has much moral fibre, or they would have done something by now. They sound a bit like jobsworths to me. It isn't acceptable that something as valuable as a utility is taxed so hard it makes rollout virtually impossible to the least densely populated areas, and it makes a total mockery of digital inclusion and the millions government is pouring into projects like ukonline and free laptops.
chris
I must give credit to our very own Glen Rewston (www.fibrestream.co.uk) for originating "Moral Fibre" at the Colloquium.
ReplyDeleteA very apt aspspiration methinks!
@Walter And @CHris - Many thanks for your kind words, but as Guy from Fibrestream points out, it was Glen Rewston who came up with the concept- so the plaudits are for him and him alone.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I will apply a new coat of polish to Guy's pate when next we meet!
Its much the same in Winterbourne 'Ford' and my aunt in Great Wishford describes the state of the line to her house as 'brittle'. Phonelines across *Rural Britain* have been left alone for too long; we still have copper wiring, patched repairs and shared lines whilst BT refuse to plough profits into either new lines or fibre - but do invest in irritating helplines which neither offer service or satisfaction. Digital Britain!!?? Never mind the cities, it would be nice if those of us in rural areas could see the same value for money and achieve a decent bandwith and speed FIRST.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything you say Artsmonkey!
ReplyDeleteWe need to get as many folks as we can, country wide, involved in the "Final Third First Campaign"
Makes you wish the utilities had never been sold off doesn't it?
ReplyDeletePrivate companies exist solely to make a profit, morality and capitalism seldom have common cause.