Netcitizenship for encouraging safe online surfing

Submitted by clarinette02 on Sun, 2012-05-06 12:31

Because we are convinced of the wealth of benefits of the internet, for education and share of knowledge, for social relationship, for business, for democracy and transparency and much more,
Because we are aware of the potential harms of the internet,
Because we drive our cars despite all road accidents, after safety measures and appropriate education,
Because we want our children safe online,
Because parents need to be there to keep their kids online,
Because they are so much to do online,

Crowdsourcing ideas to reduce the costs of broadband rollout

Submitted by staff on Wed, 2012-05-02 09:03

On April 27th, the EC launched a public consultation seeking views on how to cut the costs of setting up new networks for high speed internet in the EU. In particular, the Commission wants to explore how to reduce the costs associated with civil engineering, such as the digging up of roads to lay down fibre, and which can account for as much as 80% of the total cost.

Not so bad - at least for some countries

Submitted by JohanCamp on Mon, 2012-04-30 00:15

Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum published its Global Information Technology Report 2012 (http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Global_IT_Report_2012.pdf)
It shows top-10 rankings for the Northern countries in Europe (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway), both on the global Networked Readiness Index as on the Infrastructure & Content Pillar - Sweden being the number 1 in both fields.
It shows again how difficult it is to work out a general approach for all countries in Europe or in the EU.

Public Consultation

Submitted by conder on Fri, 2012-04-27 19:14

High-speed Internet underpins all sectors of the economy and will be the backbone of the Digital Single Market. For every 10% increase in the broadband penetration the economy grows by 1 to 1.5%

Bandwidth, volume and direction

Submitted by JohanCamp on Fri, 2012-04-27 11:45

Jumping in the group from the converged media discussion, I do have a few comments / questions / suggestions for the High-Speed connections as well.

High Speed Connection - What are the Benefits?

Submitted by dacromar on Fri, 2012-04-27 00:50

What are your top 10 reasons for everyone having a high speed connection to the Internet?

While it sounds obvious to many of us there is a huge community of citizens that have no idea what they are missing.

I despair when I read of the PR claims of incumbents and providers of another x 1000 homes and business premises having been "passed" by our fibre!

This weeks announcements by Microsoft and now Google of their "Drives" in the Cloud offerings are a compelling reason to get yourself a high speed connection.

How can we bring high speed connections to rural areas?

Submitted by conder on Fri, 2012-04-13 09:19

There is a lot of debate in the UK especially about whether urban dwellers should 'subsidise' the rollout of 'superfast' broadband to rural areas.

UK Government has made funding available through the Digital Switchover fund and BDUK to help counties put in some infrastructure to help the final third.

It is now looking like this funding is going to be used to bring slightly faster speeds to those who already have a connection.

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Women in ICT

Submitted by conder on Tue, 2013-02-26 15:46

There are many women in ICT who fall under the radar. They do not have job titles or salaries. What is being done to promote their work in the EU? What recognition do they have? The answer is NONE.
We have a retired ICT school manager who is masterminding our call centre for our community network. She works as a volunteer, she is doing sterling work. Her skills should be shared, but how to do it?
Any comments appreciated...

New European standards for new optical technologies

Submitted by alchalabi on Tue, 2012-11-13 16:35

The incentive for investing in a network infrastructure is determined by the potential Return On Investment (RoI) in the infrastructure over the lifetime of investment. This depends on the difference between the revenues generated from the services delivered and the cost (capital, operating, and maintenance) of delivering the services over the infrastructure.

Workshop videos now online

Submitted by conder on Thu, 2012-08-16 17:55

These are the videos from the workshops which reported back on the forum we all participated in here.
http://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eutv/portal/archive.html?viewConference=1646...

5 key messages from the High Speed connections forum

Submitted by conder on Mon, 2012-07-02 13:17

1. Level playing field. Encourage member states to drive their 2020 Digital Agenda programmes with a "hardest first" agenda - This encourages new competition as the final few % is where the traditional business model fails, so subsidising incumbents is least value for money - it also forces the incumbents to use more of their own money to reach further, defending their territory

What rules for next generation networks?

Submitted by eusebiofg on Wed, 2012-06-13 11:05

In anticipation of the huge investments planned for the next generation networks (NGM), requires a new analysis of the Access Directive (2002/19/EC)[1], to see if this directive will ensure that these investments are really for the benefit of European citizens , or if specific rules are needed for operators that will receive funding.

High Speed Broadband videos

Submitted by conder on Tue, 2012-05-29 15:16

If any of you have any good videos of about a minute in length please use the 'Inspiring Videos' link at the top of this page and post one for us.
If you care to you could also vote for this one http://daa.ec.europa.eu/inspiring_videos/display/24868 which shows a community laying its own fibre ducting. (Have to be upfront here, its actually my community, but its well worth a quick look)

Netcitizenship for encouraging safe online surfing

Submitted by clarinette02 on Sun, 2012-05-06 12:31

Because we are convinced of the wealth of benefits of the internet, for education and share of knowledge, for social relationship, for business, for democracy and transparency and much more,
Because we are aware of the potential harms of the internet,
Because we drive our cars despite all road accidents, after safety measures and appropriate education,
Because we want our children safe online,
Because parents need to be there to keep their kids online,
Because they are so much to do online,

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Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff - Waltz

http://vimeo.com/63831103

Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff - Waltz
Dancing With The Stars Season 12 Week 4 April 11, 2011
Music: "Romeo and Juliet" by Tchaikovsky
Score: 25 (8,8,9)

Cast: Elena Grinenko

Tags: Dancing With The Stars, Season 12, DWTS, Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Finale ligure

http://vimeo.com/63829953

This video is about Finale ligure

Cast: Karl Marius Brobak

Tags: New Event 28.07.12

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Petra Nemcova & Dmitry Chaplin - Paso Doble

http://vimeo.com/63829605

Petra Nemcova & Dmitry Chaplin - Paso Doble
Dancing With The Stars Season 12 Week 4 April 11, 2011
Music: "Les Voici! Voici La Quadrille!" by Georges Bizet
Score: 23 (8,7,8)

Cast: Elena Grinenko

Tags: Dancing With The Stars, Season 12, DWTS, Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Canna Da KlowN with Skitzo & Toxik of MuTiLaTeD in Worcester MA at Tammany Hall Part 2

http://vimeo.com/63828307

Canna Da KlowN in Worcester MA at Tammany Hall for the Mutilated Music Benefit Show for Donna Jandrow. On Stage with Skitzo and Toxik of MuTiLaTeD

Cast: Canna Da Klown

Tags: canna, da, klown, skitzo, toxik, mutilated, cdk, dkp, productions, daklown, magic, ninja, radio, underground, rap, worcester, ma, tammany and hall

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Kirstie Alley & Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Waltz

http://vimeo.com/63828125

Kirstie Alley & Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Waltz
Dancing With The Stars Season 12 Week 4 April 11, 2011
Music: "The Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes' Lakmé
Score: 22 (7,7,8)

Cast: Elena Grinenko

Tags: Dancing With The Stars, Season 12, DWTS, Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Roma'yı Yakın, Amsterdam YAKIN!

http://vimeo.com/63827333

Cast: 12 Numara

Tags: Fenerbahçe, Aziz Yıldırım, Aykut Kocaman, 12 Numara and Taraftar

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

A$AP Twelvyy feat. Dash | (Official Video)

http://vimeo.com/63826987

Official.

Directed by | Simon Davis
Editor | Simon Davis
Producer | Rory Farrell

A By Any Means production.

Cast: By Any Means T.V.

Tags: asap, asap12vy, asap rocky, new york city, hip hop, rap, music video, dash, by any means, simon davis and youth

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Kendra Wilkinson & Louis van Amstel - Viennese Waltz

http://vimeo.com/63826627

Kendra Wilkinson & Louis van Amstel - Viennese Waltz
Dancing With The Stars Season 12 Week 4 April 11, 2011
Music: "Conte Partirò" by Andrea Bocelli
Score: 18

Cast: Elena Grinenko

Tags: Dancing With The Stars, Season 12, DWTS, Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel

Post date: 11 Apr 2013

Hines Ward & Kym Johnson - Paso Doble

http://vimeo.com/63824953