Broadband for all proposals unveiled this month

Digital Britain report is due out imminently.

By David Neal, 6 Jan 2009 at 13:10

Lord Carter's calls for broadband for everyone is edging closer to reality as the interim Digital Britain report is expected to be released later this month.

This week, media attention has re-ignited the UK Communications minister's proposals – made in a speech in December - that all homes should have access to broadband services.

While this in itself is not news, a spokeswoman for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) told IT PRO that the interim Digital Britain report, which is likely to contain and flesh out these proposals, was due later this month. The full version is slated for a spring release.


What is known is that the Broadband for All proposals are likely to suggest that every house in the country should have access to broadband services, by law. According to the BERR spokeswoman, Carter will ensure that the telecoms industry provides an at least basic broadband service to every citizen, whether this is by fixed-line or mobile technology.

In the speech in question, delivered at the Broadcasting Press Guild last month, Carter said: “We are at a tipping point in terms of broadband availability.”

Carter has a strong background in telecoms and telecoms infrastructures. He is a former chief operating officer of NTL and served as the first chief executive of UK media watchdog Ofcom for three years.

He is guest of honour at a seminar on Digital Britain on 14 January in London where he will deliver a keynote address. It is not known whether it is here that he will make his proposals, however he will be joined by Peter Phillips, who is a member of the strategy and market developments division at Ofcom, which may perhaps serve as another clue.

source : www.itpro.co.uk

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Gordon Brown eyes speedy broadband to ease recession

It’s an ambitious and worthy idea. But how much money is he talking about, and who is going to get it?

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 6 Jan 2009 at 14:59

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed ambitious plans to usher in a new digital age in a government infrastructure drive which could create up to 100,000 jobs.

Speaking to the Observer, Brown said that he planned investment in superfast broadband, which could be the modern version of Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the 1930s, which directed much-needed money towards public works such as dams and roads.


He compared the building of roads, bridges and railways, which were anti-recession measures made to stimulate the economy after the Great Depression, with the situation now where a recession is looming and we're all being hit hard by the credit crunch.

Brown said: “You could [by comparison] talk about the digital infrastructure and that form of communications revolution at a period when we want to stimulate the economy. It’s a very important thing.”

Rory Cellan-Jones, commenting on his technology blog on the BBC website, said that he acknowledged digital communications could be very important.

However, he was far from clear about how much public money would be spent on the fast broadband service, or who would get it. He quoted a figure of £29 billion from the Broadband Stakeholder Group.

He also said that BT and Virgin Media were the only two companies with the scale to take a fibre network across the UK.

IT PRO revealed last year that BT was willing to invest £1.5 billion in a national fibre-optic service to around 10 million homes and businesses.

However, he warned that putting public money into superfast broadband could stir up a number of issues, such as the possibility of giving the big companies like BT too much power.

What's more, as everybody would want an equal stake in it as it would be “broadband for all”, it could potentially cause a conflict with the wishes of company stakeholders.

He said: “Once the public sector is involved, every household may come to see fast broadband – like free healthcare – as a right, not a privilege.

“In short, then, finding the public money to pump into fast broadband might be the easy bit. Designing the pumping mechanism will be a lot harder.”

A Digital Britain report, which IT PRO has already revealed is likely to suggest that every house in the country should have broadband, will be released later this month.

source : www.itpro.co.uk

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3G Internet access IM2 Broom Unlimited Prepaid

After September the package Indosat 3G unlimited internet access, it is likely followed by the provision of similar packages unlimited under the flag of Indosat Mega Media (IM2), although with a different option packages with the price package berikisar of the most inexpensive Rp160 to Rp900 thousand per thousand month. Same as Indosat 3.5G Broadband unlimited, buyer method is postpaid or postpaid. Then, in October this also, IM2 back to the package but unlimited access to the 3G system with a prepaid or prepaid with the product name IM2 Broom Unlimited.

Broom Prepaid 3.5G package provided by IM2 own two of the Classic (calculation based on volume) and Unlimited. Selection of this package is done when the activation of the card through the website IM2. The interest from IM2 Broom Unlimited is because the candidates prepaid users simply buy a card and run directly without the need to be able to use the document as a specific requirement of registration and survey process that takes daily.

About the price, electro IM2 Broom Unlimited with the price of Rp150 thousand, but when I try to buy them day Okeshop Merdeka in Bandung, the price charged is Rp140 thousand. For unlimited options package, the price of this card is included access for a month to the next. After a month out of the active and want to continue, then the need to be filled with re-price Rp100 thousand for the next one month.

Like Flash Telkomsel and Indosat 3.G Broadband Unlimited, unlimited or without restriction, which is intended in this package is in the volume of data that can be used within one month are not limited, however, so there are restrictions in access speed. To package IM2 Broom Unlimited use their own limits with the same Indosat 3.G Broadband Unlimited, which provided access speed up to 256 kbps up to 2GB with the volume of use, and then after that access speed will be decreased up to 64 kbps up to the volume of the is not limited.

Activation problems IM2 Broom Unlimited

After buying the card of IM2 Broom Unlimited Friday night yesterday, I also tried to connect with IM2 Broom Unlimited. I set the initial settings to connect to follow the appropriate instructions are included, APN: indosatm2, username: indosatm2, and the password: prepaid. If the initial connection is successful, it should do is to fill the activation of personal data, whether the selection of packages or Unlimited Classic, also specify the username and password for the new data replace username and password to start.

Unfortunately, when I try to connect with the data APN settings, username and password first, I always get the following error message:

Error 619 - A connection to the remote computer could not be established, so the port used for this connection was closed.

This lasted until Saturday morning, when the 3G signal when trying Indosat is well received on the status bar Huawei E220 modem that I use. To seek clarity on the issue, I also call call center Indosat M2.

According to officials call centers, should the conditions of Indosat 3G signal is received, the connection can run, and the error message, according to him, such as error username and password it. After properly be tried again and still the same, the officer was about to carry him through the activation of personal data and inform the election username and password to be used on the next connection. Just after the next change with the username and password to the newly created, the connection can be performed.

The same thing also happened on my friends, connection with the initial data username and password before the initial activation, can not be done. Based on my previous experience, then ask the direct activation and the creation of a username and password through the call center IM2 until the end and can be used.

Test Results Speed Access

I do not have the technical ability to test the depth. From the day and night today, for me that more use of internet access for browsing and downloading files small size, access using IM2 Broom Unlimited already is sufficient. If any data pengukurannya, I can do is do-tested field service through Speedtest.net, and two of the results are as follows:

I wish only to access the next-access smoothly and do not often get interference.

As I have previously polecat, the existence of the package, such as prepaid Internet access IM2 Broom Unlimited will be appropriate for that would not be bothered with administrative issues such as the post-pay packages. If you want a package similar Telkomsel or Indosat Flash 3.5G Broadband unlimited stumble but can not meet the administrative requirements or do not want to fuss as in some of my friends, may make IM2 Broom Unlimited this as a choice. More information can be read through the website IM2.

The option varied unlimited access, I wish only to make each other providers compete in terms of improving the quality of service to the customers satisfaction.

source : http://maseko.com/2008/10/19/akses-internet-3g-im2-broom-unlimited-prabayar/

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