Monthly Archives: October 2009

Europe doles out funds for rural broadband

By Pauline | Published: October 26, 2009
Amidst all the brouhaha over broadband stimulus funding in the US, it’s easy to forget that Europe has its very own economic stimulus package, called the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), with an allocation of €1.0 billion to be spent on broadband in rural areas between 2009 and 2013. And last week the first wave [...]
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Digital inclusion: the numbers game

By Pauline | Published: October 23, 2009
If you want to encourage people to use the internet, don’t appeal to their hearts and minds, appeal to their wallets. That seems to be the strategy of the UK’s Digital Inclusion Task Force, which says digitally excluded households are missing out on average savings of £560 per year from shopping and paying bills [...]
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France: landmark decision for fibre projects

By Pauline | Published: October 22, 2009
The European Commission has given the green light to the largest ever government-backed fibre-to-the-home project in Europe.
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Starting out with Samknows

By Pauline | Published: October 12, 2009
Today I started a new gig — writing news for the website www.samknows.com.
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When was the last time you read the newspaper in the loo?

By Pauline | Published: October 6, 2009
The "Did you know? /Shift happens" video has been updated.
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