Maria Miller replaced the universally disliked Jeremy Hunt as head of BDUK. To begin with, most of us were extremely sceptical about her appointment, not least of all her utter lack of social interaction (not even a Twitter account). She made an effort to turn this around though, and opened a Twitter account, and even
Sent today – 21/11/2012 Dear Mrs Miller, I am sure that you share the pleasure in hearing the announcement that the EU has approved the BDUK funding, with minor changes, and hope that you are taking the appropriate credit for your role. This should give you and your Department the opportunity to make a discernible
I’ve been very fortunate recently to have contact with Mike Kiely (yeah – that Mike Kiely) and while exchanging emails about the EE 4G announcement, BDUK came to mind. BDUK is viewed by many as ‘broadband in the UK’, and it simply isn’t. Anyone that is reading this and thinks that the BDUK is going to
“We had an opportunity to shape the economic and digital future of Wales, but we are about to squander it on the largest white elephant in town: More speed improvements in areas that would have received funding anyway, but where it is desperately required, will continue to receive little or no interest. I’m simply disgusted,” said Richard Brown
The announcement today is a little unclear about where the money for broadband is going to come from in Scotland (a mix of Local Gov and Private Sector is all the announcement suggests), but it’s clear that the Scottish Government has woken up to the importance of broadband to the economy. £500m is hardly