36 things posted by Dave Carter
BBC story on how home fibre is taking off all around the world, but, once again, not in the UK, yet!
Posted on September 17, 2009 in bbc, broadband, fibre, nga.
The BBC have been consistently good on picking up on these stories, this one last week from the BBC News site, showing that the deployment of the fibre to the home and businesses is surviving the downturn, at least in other parts of Europe. The UK is nowhere near the top ten ‘fibre to the home’ [...]
Post Digital Britain
Posted on September 17, 2009 in amsterdam, CBN, city-net, community broadband network, Living Labs, nga, software freedom.
It only seems a few days ago that I was enjoying the last of the summer sunshine, thinking I was still on holiday, but in fact I’ve been back for two weeks and I feel I’ve done nothing but catch up on emails, posts, blogs and general updates on where we all want to go with [...]
Peterloo 190 years on
Posted on August 18, 2009 in manchester, peterloo.
Great turnout to commemorate the Peterloo massacre on Sunday. Speeches from the campaign plus Tony Lloyd MP and Cllr. Jim Battle, Manchester City Council Deputy Leader. Really impressed with the group from Oldham who marched all the way following the routes taken by protestors on August 16th 1819 some in period dress and carrying some [...]
Stay Sharp!
Posted on August 14, 2009 in digital growbag, digital media centre, Sharp, sharp factory, sharp project.
One of the most exciting developments this year has been the Sharp Project, based at the old Sharp Factory, just off Oldham Road, north of the city centre.
What’s going on? Summer in the city……
Posted on August 13, 2009 in Living Labs, open innovation.
In spite of all my best efforts July came and went without a chance to add anything to the blog so now things are a little bit quieter I’ve sat down to add a few things, starting with info about the Peterloo anniversary events taking place this Sunday below. The last six weeks have been some of the busiest of the year.
Peterloo anniversary this Sunday – August 16th
Posted on August 13, 2009 in peterloo, peterloo 190th anniversary.
This Sunday marks the 190th anniversary of Peterloo, an event that played a pivotal role in not only Manchester’s history but also the history of the struggle for human rights generally. For years many of us have campaigned for there to be a proper commemoration of the events that took place around (what is now) [...]
Green Digital Charter starts to take shape
Posted on June 24, 2009 in climate change, eurocities, green digital.
I’m currently in Malmo at the Eurocities Environment Forum where, amongst a wide range of discussions on cities tackling climate change, we are discussing how the digital agenda needs to go green. These discussions are bringing together city decision makers from a very wide range of interests, including environment, energy, regeneration, planning, engineering and ICT. We [...]
Europe going Next Generation Broadband everywhere, except in the UK (yet!!)
Posted on June 24, 2009 in CBN, fibre, manchester's fibre project, the corridor.
On Monday and Tuesday this week we hosted a two day event on how we could, and must, get Next Generation Broadband in the UK. It was organised by the Community Broadband Network (CBN) to ensure that there was some immediate follow-up to the Digital Britain report with a new strategy for community led action. This included [...]
Big Chipper
Posted on June 24, 2009 in big chip awards, Manchester Digital.
One of the best “Big Chip” awards ever was the general verdict on the event last week as far as I could tell, I certainly thought so. In spite of genuine concerns about the current economic downturn most people seem to be doing OK at the moment and, either way, were determined to enjoy themselves [...]
Iceland shows the way on green energy
Posted on June 24, 2009 in eurocities, green energy, iceland, reykjavik, telecities.
I had the chance to visit Iceland again a couple of weeks ago for the Eurocities Knowledge Society Forum meeting, what we all know as ‘Telecities’. Apart from the fact that it is an amazing place, scenery, environment, ambiance etc., with great people and very interesting recent political developments with a radical left-green government elected in [...]
