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Broadband is part of various implementation programmes of the coalition agreement 2007-2011 'Investing and Connecting' of the province of Limburg. However, there is currently no defined programme for broadband initiatives. Furthermore, the province regularly receives signals from the field indicating: "Limburg has not arranged it well and is lagging behind in the field of broadband."
The province of Limburg would like to have an objective and concise advice on the current state of affairs regarding broadband development within the province and the intended broadband policy. The province is looking for further justification for its role in developing a concrete broadband policy for the upcoming years. Dialogic has been asked to conduct a quickscan to investigate whether there is a lag in broadband within the province of Limburg.
This quickscan aims to answer three research questions:
1. What is the current state of affairs in the province of Limburg regarding broadband? What are the current initiatives within the province and what are the challenges and opportunities?
2. What characterises the policies of other provinces with a leading role in broadband? What can the province of Limburg learn from this and are there opportunities to collaborate?
3. What role could and would the province of Limburg be able to take on? How can it justify this role and what opportunities can be utilised?
The quickscan has already taken place (August - September 2007). The Quickscan Provincial Broadband Policy Limburg can be downloaded here. For more information, please contact Hugo Gillebaard on 030 – 215 05 87.