Digital Reykjavik

dahamsta

From IP:

Dear Dave,

My name is Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson. I'm a consultant in the broadband
industry, and have been working for various companies in the field.

As I have learned more about the broadband industry worldwide, I have
noticed how unique the situation here in Iceland is. Iceland's capital,
Reykjavik, has an unsurpassed fiber infrastructure and recent plans on
behalf of the city's utility company and the formerly state owned telecom
operator seem to be leading Reykjavik to becoming the first city in the
entire world where every single houshold is connected with a
Fiber-To-The-Home connection. I imagine this might be of interest for
Interesting People to cover.

These enthusiastic plans, as well as a thorough look at the state and the
future of the broadband industry will be presented at a conference by the
end of next month, called Digital Rekjavik www.digitalreykjavik.com

The conference has attracted several influential speakers including among
others Esther Dyson of EDventure holdings and Tim Johnson the founder of
telecom advisor Ovum.

I have personally been involved in many of the FTTH plans here and would be
more than willing to fill you in on what is happening here.

With best regards,

Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson
Broadband Consultant
gudjon@digitalreykjavik.com


P.S. I might add that this time of the year is a wonderful time to visit our
country, so visiting the Digital Reykjavik conference might not be all work
and no fun!

Urban Weigl

Are there direct flights from Ireland to Iceland? By the way, Iceland has a population of about 100,000.

Edit: Sort of answered my own question: I did not find any direct flights from Ireland, however flights from London cost around 150 euros return, which is not bad at all.

rymus

balls to that.. I'll swim a direct route with my laptop in a waterproof bag on my back

ednwireland

been to iceland a couple of years ago rekjavik is a v small place although i did meet some indian programmer once who lived there. i wonder how much broadband is outside rekjavik now that WOULD be inpressive, oh if you wnat to become a citizen you have to take icelandic names as well
although with there resumption of whaling i won't go back till they stop

yellum

Originally posted by Urban Weigl
Are there direct flights from Ireland to Iceland? By the way, Iceland has a population of about 100,000.

Was there two weeks ago. Population of 250,000 in Iceland. Reykjavik has a population of 190,000 and they have the expansion of the city over the next 30 years planned out.

The Icelanders are dead clever and are always future planning.

Wallace Travel charter flights to Iceland from Dublin around 4 times a year.

I don't know would broadband be cheap though considering a pizza and beer costs 30 quid and a pint is 8 quid.

Urban Weigl

Thanks for the correction. I actually thought it was closer to 300,000, but after searching online I only came across sites that said 100,000, so I assumed that to be correct. More proof that you can't believe what you read on the Internet! Joking of course.

Floater

Originally posted by yellum

The Icelanders are dead clever and are always future planning.

I don't know would broadband be cheap though considering a pizza and beer costs 30 quid and a pint is 8 quid.

Any wonder they are so clever given the high price of junk food. They probably have to end up eating fish.

Floater

Serbian

I think Iceland is widely regarded as a very expensive place. A lot of them come to Ireland of all places to do their Christmas shopping. I'd still bet that Broadband is cheaper over there though...