Digital Union vs. Economic Union

Submitted by Rogerxwilliams on Fri, 2012-05-25 12:05

Did the great European experiment start in the wrong place?

The Euro is in a crisis, caused by the commercial banks that welcomed (and made stacks of money from) it.

Will our Broadband Infrastructure also be in crisis because of the biased advice of the large telco's who have to put the needs of their shareholders before customers?.

Will the combination of financial and digital crisis condemn Europe to 20-30 years of economic chaos?

Achievement of the Digital Agenda targets for Broadband...

Submitted by Rogerxwilliams on Mon, 2012-05-21 15:11

We are probably all familiar with these goals by now - but they are:-
1 - basic broadband to all Europeans by 2013
2 - all Europeans have access to much higher internet speeds of above 30 Mbps by 2020
3 - 50% or more of European households subscribe to internet access above 100 Mbps

But what do these goals mean in practice? The first two targets are primarily underpinned by infrastructure investment.

Commercial models for high speed broadband

Submitted by Rogerxwilliams on Wed, 2012-05-16 12:47

There seem to be five commercial models in practice to build fast broadband infrastructure
Bottom-up - community led (good for rural projects)
Public Sector - designed and operated
Private Sector - designed and operated
Public Sector - outsourced
Joint Ventures / Public Private Partnerships.

It generally seems that all the commercial models should run on single Open Networks (Open Access) so that competition is introduced at the service layer... but which one is the best?