Realising our Broadband Future – Day 2
Hi, I was a little late in today, missing the introduction by Paul Twomey.
However I’ve taken up the Liveblog from Larry Smarr’s presentation this morning.
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We can see how broadband will require and encourage the emergence of new business models. Yesterday, we heard how high-speed broadband can help us manage our scarce resources through smart metering of gas and electricity, and how new water management applications could be used by farmers. These applications have the capacity to meet the environmental and sustainability challenges we face as a nation, and as a world.