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Gig-U wants to make university internet hubs expand reach into local communities and science parks

I was part of an initiative to take broadband into the North and West of Scotland when the major telecomms provider, BT, said it was uneconomic to make the investment, back in the 90s. We got money from a funding … Continue reading

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WiscNet gets a second chance at success

I wrote earlier about how short-sighted the Wisconsin legislature was being by forcing a pull-out of the Wisconsin schools and public libraries out of a beneficial, federally funded program to extend high speed networks to all the institutions across the … Continue reading

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Wisconsin Education set to lose big

The woes of Wisconsin have been in the news much of late; there was the huge fight over collective bargaining rights and the budgeting going on in the State, with education a focus of both. Now, a legislative committee last … Continue reading

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Where forward for UHI VC From HD 1080p?

So, here at UHI we are just finishing installing a refresh of our entire VC infrastructure, which we depend upon in a critical fashion. We have the highest number of 1080p capable codecs deployed in any HEI in Britain, if … Continue reading

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