Earlier this week, I attended the latest and largest (260 participants) event on next generation access organised by the Community Broadband Network. This was a one and a half day conference at the Royal Armories.
As a member of the Communications Consumer Panel, I was pleased that the Minister mentioned the Panel's latest review of local NGA schemes and that another speaker, Graeme Dent of Digital Region, showed the Panel video on the experience of the NGA schemes in Utah and Nuenen.
I chaired a workshop on digital inclusion addressed by Jillian Pitt of Consumer Focus, Vicki Hanson of Dundee University, and Martin Cantor of Barnsley Council.
At the conference, there was a palpable sense of excitement that NGA is now happening and that local schemes have a vital role to play with the largest of these (Digital Region) being in the host region for the event.
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