tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post2060023779432662053..comments2023-10-21T16:47:21.705+01:00Comments on Fibre to the home UK - Fibrevolution: Why I don't feel like cheeringUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-55801631476578929712010-10-22T11:45:28.048+01:002010-10-22T11:45:28.048+01:00great sentiments here
two key areas
enabling each ...great sentiments here<br />two key areas<br />enabling each community to drive / influence its own design and procurement process and,<br />following & reporting on each and every turn (enabling this should be part of the "ask" of the community and provider)<br /><br />both of these will need Cumbria CC to take brave decisions and be ready to shift standard public procurement culture<br /><br />the Reivers need to help make this happen - step forward Rory and friends and don't be slow to accept help where it is genuinely offered<br /><br />RobUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589870285727724169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-88410997794895839482010-10-21T21:49:56.720+01:002010-10-21T21:49:56.720+01:00You are right to be concerned and to highlight the...You are right to be concerned and to highlight the real risk that Cumbria is now seen as some latter-day gold rush, with oodles of taxpayers money up for grabs.<br /><br />The way to ensure that each local community gets the best future-proof network possible is simple enough and scarily revolutionary too.<br /><br />Allow local communities to make informed choices, give them the power to choose what best suits their presnt and future needs and above all ensure that all the options are laid out.<br /><br />Not just the usual "leave it to BT" assumptions, let's ensure that folks know that there are better ways of proceeding in the community interest.<br /><br />Mark is absolutely right to demand that the spotlight of blogging and media coverage be used to help ensure a genuinely transparent delivery process that delivers best value.<br /><br />What I find most inspiring about Cumbria is the willingness of the local community to get stuck in and help make the Digital Future happen.<br /><br />I guess it is not accident that Penrith and the Border was chosen as a Big Society vanguard :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-72264749557341984522010-10-21T18:10:31.068+01:002010-10-21T18:10:31.068+01:00Ha, great comment Mark! The reivers will be watchi...Ha, great comment Mark! The reivers will be watching, have no fear. Northern folk don't like to see waste, and will make sure they get a bang for their buck.<br />Seeing as how they will be expected to work as well, it would go down very badly if they saw funding being wasted wouldn't it?<br />And nobody would like to meet a roaring reiver. <br /><br />This project will work. We will get a model that can be replicated. We will get access to NGA or my name isn't cyberdoyle.<br />I have industrial BS detectors permanently on alert.<br />chrisCyberdoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305746720871132673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-66971893038654807672010-10-21T11:03:19.293+01:002010-10-21T11:03:19.293+01:00I tend to find myself agreeing with your sentiment...I tend to find myself agreeing with your sentiments. I think that part of the key to this for people, who know what they are talking about to watch those who are tasked with putting in the broadband very, very closely, and also very publicly right from the outset, contacts need to be established with the local and national media, so that those tasked with providing the next gen broadband know that they are being watched, and that their delivery or lack of it is being very publicly monitored. This will also need the engagement of the communities who are looking to get these services. Those who want to provide them need to to know that their performance is being watched by people who are fitted with industrial strength bullshit detectorsMark Holdstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220358306061476320noreply@blogger.com