Digitally Transforming South Yorkshire

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Digitally Transforming South Yorkshire

• Robert F Chorley
• Economic Social Transformation

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What is Next Generation

• It is reliable and you get the speed you pay for
  no up-tos
• Multiple services over one connection and they
  dont interfere with each other
• Guaranteed throughput wherever you live
• Guaranteed quality for each and every service
• It can fit any upload / download speed
• It does not all have to come through your
  computer
• Its very secure each service gets its own
  network
• All this means that it is better than anything
  else out there

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The Real Home

• The only things that are special about the real
  home is that its connected to the Digital Region
  Network and the family that live there are
  special too
• The bedrooms are used for education, study, work,
  hobbies and entertainment where these people
  get time for sleep from Ive no idea
• The living room is used for viewing TV as well as
  eating meals and just being a family
• Both parents use the dining room for work as well
  as self-learning and general web browsing
• From time-to-time the computer equipment is put
  away and they have a nice family meal not as
  often as they would like though!

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The Real Father

• The father uses a web site and email to run his
  two businesses from home
• He has a number of subscriptions to IP TV
  services too, this gives him access to Classic
  Football matches and Action Movies.
• He uses web-based eLearning tools as he studies
  for his Telecommunication Engineering diploma
  on-line.
• He has family over seas in Australia they have
  access to IP telephony and Video Telephony
  services through the internet
• The great thing for him is the quality of
  experience with his on-demand TV services and the
  job opportunities created by the investment in
  Digital Region .

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The Real Mother

• The mother is a local authority employee working
  from home two days per week and in the field for
  one
• She arranges video conference meetings to keep in
  touch with her colleagues and complete her case
  work.
• She is a member of local church but can not
  attend as she has to work on Sundays.
• She keeps up-to-date with church services by
  downloading the Video PodCast and watching them
  when she can.
• She also worries about her aged mother-in-law
  (even though she is in sheltered accommodation),
  and keeps in touch with her morning and evening
  through TV based video telephony.

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The Real Son

• The son is in his 20s and suffers from a
  hereditary heart condition. He used to attend
  hospital and the practice nurse regularly, now
  because of assisted living technologies he does
  not have to he feels like he has got his life
  back
• He is half way through a media degree and gets a
  free World Cinema subscription to a Movies on
  Demand service to support the course
• Due to health problems he is not very mobile so
  most tutorials are conducted over video
  conferencing facilities in his home.
• He earns money by developing interactive video
  content for the games industry.
• He is collaborating with a local SME to develop a
  business case for a start-up idea he has.

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The Real Daughter

• The daughter has suffered from behavioral
  problems, she is the subject of a home monitoring
  order and has to be in the house between six in
  the evening and seven in the morning.
• She has to check in with her case worker using
  video telephony each day and is taking an
  assessed anger management course.
• She is receiving specialist English and
  Mathematics mentoring in her home through a
  virtual classroom service. This has had a
  positive impact on her grades and attitude
• She likes to record and photograph local bands
  (with their permission), and maintains a social
  networking site for young people with a gig guide
  and personal ratings etc.

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The Real Grandmother

• The grandmother lives in sheltered accommodation
  and has no idea about computers, she is happy
  with her TV remote control though, especially
  when her GP calls to check up on her
• She is amazed that she can chat over the TV to
  her daughter from her armchair twice a day
  without getting a big bill and finds the contact
  with her daughter very reassuring
• She has mobility and a heart problem which is now
  monitored in her room connected over the digital
  region.
• She loves 40s and 50s movies and she likes to
  keep up with local affairs by watching Local
  Government TV!

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The Real Opportunity
Research and Knowledge Transfer
Cloud Computing
Accessibility
Support Facilitation
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