The future of Blanco Space!

Enjoying a good holiday break on the South Coast of Spain in the largely unspoiled Costa del la Luz I could not help checking out the news on the trusty BBC World Service. Sadly it prompted me to realise my age when I heard that the World Wide Web was 20 years old. I remember Ray Anderson of our then client IXI (now with Bango) attending the first World Wide Web conference and getting very excited. The rest is history of course – but 20 years of it has just flown past.

I like to think that we at PRPR have played a small part in spreading the world from the early IXI days to the recent work with clients such as Wapple – delivering the power of the web to mobile. But out in the middle of nowhere in the Spanish countryside also highlights the fact that the web still does not reach everyone. Fortunately, the Dutch owners of our villa have installed fixed internet access. It appears that they spend time out here working that certainly has its attractions. But this is unusual.

Far closer to home, broadband in rural areas still has a long way to go. That is why we are delighted to be working with new client TTP in Cambridge that is working on the use of so-called white space for providing rural broadband services. White space is the bits of unused spectrum in the TV and radio bands that are being freed for other uses – if the technology challenges can be solved. With a range of some 10km, white space may well provide a cost effective solution to make the www reach parts other technologies can’t reach (at least cost effectively).

That reminds me; I must go and get another cold beer.
Back soon.
Pedro @prpr