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
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
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
wispa Limited have had enough
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