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Chris Huhne today – Carwyn Jones Tomorrow?

So, Chris Huhne has resigned after pleading guilty to ‘perverting the course of justice’ by getting his wife to take his points for a driving offence a decade ago. Obviously the crux of that particular case, isn’t that he offloaded the responsibility of doing something wrong to another, more that he lied about it (and very publicly)

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Has Australia stopped the skills drain with broadband investment?

Speaking to ZDnet CIO of Commenwealth Bank (Australia), Michael Hart made it abundantly clear that he simply does not think there is an IT skills shortage in Australia. ZDnet seem to agree. If this is true, it is interesting to look at the underlying motivations for the statements.  Some are claiming offshoring is necessary due

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We all go a little mad sometimes.

Norman Bates was responsible for suggesting that “We all go a little mad sometimes” in the cult horror film Pyscho. On this All Hallow’s Eve I found myself looking for a horror based theme as an excuse to jump onto the ghouls and goblins bandwagon to talk about broadband in the UK. The shame of

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It’s all about the Superfast outcome

There is a highly respected Marketer/Blogger and wireless campaigner called Lindsey Annison whose entire life revolves around JFDI (click the image for her Twitter profile if you want to hire her – and you do). Just in case you are not familiar with the acronym, here is a Urban Dictionary definition (maybe not safe for

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From OoMUS (Office of Made Up Statistics)

Various credits are given to various people who supposedly coined this (or a similar phrase), but today we’ll give credit for it to no one in particular as it only exists to give a beginning to this article (although if you are desperate to buy stickers, click the link and part with £6.49!) As a

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wispa Limited have had enough

It’s obvious that if we don’t stand up and start using the knowledge and expertise that we have to secure the future of broadband and communications in Wales, then we can’t keep pointing out all the things that are being done badly

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Broadband Support Scheme – shhh…it’s a secret

The Welsh Government ICT Department has made a significant change to the way that BSS payments have been made – and didn’t think to tell the suppliers!

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Rhodri Williams at Ofcom challenges Wispa Limited COO

Richard Brown COO at Wispa Limited states: “Clueless, witless or toothless was my original contention. I find little to sway my view.”

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Wales in a digital slum?

“2Mbps is a pitiful aspiration. Across the globe there are countries considered by some in the West to be developing nations where 40Mbps access is totally normal, and even in the UK 6.2Mbps is the average reported by Ofcom”

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Ian Lucas isn’t a Happy Chappy

Don’t let Ian’s image fool you. This is an unhappy man….

Wales – and North Wales in particular (where Ian’s Wrexham constituency lies), has been ‘named and shame’ (according to the Daily Post)

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