NextGen 10 (5): local community initiatives
26 November 2010
In his welcome on the programme, CEO of INCA Macolm Corbett wrote:
"We are emphasising a ‘Big Society' approach to broadband at the conference. Neither ‘Big Company', nor ‘Big Government' can fully tackle the need for investment in areas that are less attractive commercially, especially the Final Third. It needs a combined effort - private sector, public sector and us, as citizens in our communities."
In January and October 2009, the Communications Consumer Panel produced two reviews of local community schemesfor the delivery of next generation access and, throughout the two days of this event, there were constant references to various local schemes at different stages of development including:
- Alston Cybermoor in Cumbria
- Eden Valley in Cumbria
- NYnet in North Yorkshire
- Digital Region in South Yorkshire
- FibreSpeed in North Wales
- Manchester Oxford Road
- Lyddington by Rutland Telecom
- Ashby de la Launde in Lincolnshire
- Colchester, Essex
On behalf of INCA, Adrian Wooster made a presentation on the Joint Operating Network (JON) Exchange, opened last week by Minister Ed Vaizey. This is designed to provide a single source of access to alternative access networks.
Reference was made to a grant from the Nominet Trust to INCA for a Big Society Broadband Support Project.