Fast broadband will come to Colchester town centre in 2013 (From Essex County Standard)
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Fast broadband will come to Colchester town centre in 2013
4:00pm Friday 28th September 2012 in News
FAST broadband will come to Colchester town centre next year, it has been pledged.
In March, Colchester Council’s cabinet agreed to progress a deal with Cheshire-based ITS Technologies to upgrade its CCTV network to provide faster internet speeds.
The faster broadband would have allowed traders to send special offers and information to shoppers using smartphones in the town centre.
Six months on, the work has yet to materialise, leading to rumours the deal had fallen through.
But Roy Shelton, group chief commercial officer of ITS, insisted that was not the case.
He said: ”We’re working with the council to try and see it through to closure as soon as possible.
Comments(5)
The Only Way is Col Utd
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11:47pm Fri 28 Sep 12
jut1972
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9:23am Sat 29 Sep 12
So the payback for the council is the assumption rather than choose a household name businesses will opt for a council delivered solution, hooking into their fibre ring.
Hmmm.
Be much more realistic if the council just upgraded their CCTV ring and forgot about the potential to provision services on top.
Citizen 139
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11:59am Sat 29 Sep 12
catflap1
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4:58pm Sat 29 Sep 12
BTW SamEssex it's their , as it belongs to them, and it's not over there .
SamEssex says...
7:47pm Fri 28 Sep 12
God morons run this asylum