wales Archive

400m reasons to mistrust the Welsh Government

Seems Carwyn Jones doesn’t have the grip on things that we might hope he may in Wales. First came the announcement that he was considering leaving a written constitution behind as his legacy (thankfully that seems to have been quietly killed off). Then came the WiiP or Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan. 666 (yeah – really!)

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Life in the country without broadband

Lots of people think that not having decent broadband is just ‘one of those things’ about living in the country, but few seem to realize how much of a problem it can be. My two daughters would love to be more involved with their cousins on Facebook, but most of the time speeds prevent it

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Welsh Gov Close to Disastrous Announcement

We have learned today that all of our worst fears are soon to be announced as part of the Welsh Government’s NGBW (Next Generation Broadband Wales) deal with BT. BT were left as the only remaining bidder when: BDUK rules excluded £20m turnover companies, all other bidders withdrew their bids one by one it became

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Poor broadband costs Wales £4bn according to wispa Limited estimates

wispa Limited are issuing a calculation regarding the true cost of a lack of rural broadband to the Welsh economy and population. The calculated cost to a household is £3769.20 per year. Assuming just C400k households in Wales are affected this is a cost to Welsh residents of £1,507,680,000 This calculation takes no account of

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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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When is an independent regulator not independent?

Simply put – when they don’t act with independence in mind. Ofcom is the communications regulator.  Funded by ‘fees from industry’  and grant-in-aid from Government (taxes from you and I), the people who work in Ofcom exist (in their own words) to: “…regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms and mobiles, plus the

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Ofcom – Media regulator or Media animal?

Wispa Limited ask why Ofcom seem so obsessed with headlines at any cost, when the headlines seem to be hiding much less good news

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£57m Welsh Broadband Announcement should bring joy, not fear

Wispa Limited continue to express their concern regarding the abject lack of ambition by the Welsh Government with regard to broadband in Wales, citing today’s announcement of £56.9m from Westminster as a ‘potential train smash’

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Cowardice – the digital future of Wales?

Wispa Limited COO Richard Brown describes today’s announcement from Edwina Hart, to extend the Broadband Support Scheme and to increase the qualifying threshold to 2Mbps as:

“A completely wasted opportunity”

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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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