Since announcing plans to bring fibre to the Great Thornton Street Estate in Hull, we’ve been inundated with emails asking us to do the same elsewhere in the city and across the country too.
If you want us to bring service to your community, and if you can prove there is sufficient demand, then we will work to bring it to you.
What do I have to do?
You will need to show us that people in your community are interested in next-gen access so that we can direct resources to areas where there is likely to be a good take up.
How do I do it?
To start with you should talk to your neighbours to ensure that they are as interested in getting next generation broadband services as you are. Assuming that this is true, you need to get your neighbours to tell us that they are interested so that we can establish whether or not there are enough people in your area to warrant service.
We have created an email address for people to register their interest. Send your email to nextgenus@fibrestream.co.uk
We need to know: (you can copy and paste these questions into your email if you like):
- Your full name
- Your full address
- Telephone number (if you have one)
- Email address (if you have one)
- Are you a pensioner?
- Do you have children of school age?
- Details of any businesses in your community which might benefit from fast broadband
- Any information about what has been tried so far e.g. is there a local activist group who are already working together to lobby BT/KCOM etc?
The question about pensioners and children relates to both groups of people being of interest to the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health, which could help get the network happening sooner too.
If your neighbours don’t have access to email, then please ask them to call 01482 778 554 and leave a voice message with their details. Alternatively, you could always print off the questions above and ask them to write the answers down on paper. You can then either email your neighbours responses to us, or send the paper responses to our mailing address on the contact page.
If you do decide to take up the role in your local area as ‘community champion’ for next-gen access then please let us know in your email to us. We’ll note you down as a point of contact and make sure that we keep you in the loop.
What next?
We are sorry, but we do not have the time to reply back to each individual email making an expression of interest as soon as we receive it. Please be assured though that your email is making a difference! Each expression of interest in an area shows us where the demand is, is mapped and recorded and is exceptionally useful to us.
We will collate the requests received and look for trends in particular areas. When an area looks promising we will begin investigating the costs and technical requirements for delivering service and get in touch with you to let you know more.
If you are interested in getting a budgetary idea of what it might cost to Fibre to the Home (FttH) your local area then this Analysis Tool may be of interest to you.
Do please let us know how you get on. You can share your experiences of promoting NGA in your locality using the comments function on this page along with any suggestions you have for others promoting NGA too. And finally, good luck, we look forward to speaking to you soon!
“FibreStream – Together We Are The Network”
Comments 55
Please bring Fibre to the Sutton Park and Bransholme exchange!
Posted 13 Jul 2009 at 9:32 pm ¶Here in west Hull HU4 we are trapped with Karoo and see the world and even old Eastern Bloc countries with better connections than us.
Posted 15 Jul 2009 at 9:57 pm ¶I am not a pensioner and do not have any children. However, I would still love to see Fibre brought to the City Centre!
Posted 16 Jul 2009 at 11:43 am ¶Hi all,
Thank you so much for taking the time out to comment
The more email requests we get to put service into an area the stronger the case gets! If you have the time to campaign then please let us know so that we can keep in touch.
Posted 16 Jul 2009 at 7:24 pm ¶I think that the proposed £156m development of the Orchard Park Estate provides exciting opportunities to design a ‘digitally enabled’ estate.
I’ve raised some ideas on my Blog at http://hedonblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/156m-regeneration-of-orchard-park-in-hull-superfast-broadband-opportunities/
I’ve used your logo in the post and hope you are OK with this? Let me know otherwise.
Keep up the good work.
Posted 18 Jul 2009 at 9:21 am ¶I’m thinking about doing a bit of door knocking to see if people around my street would be up for this – any chance of some sort of ‘map based registry of interest system’ to save me possibly covering the same territory as someone else?
Posted 21 Jul 2009 at 12:45 pm ¶I’ll be looking at HU3 Postcode along Anlaby Road in West Hull…
Thanks
Hi Chris G,
As of this moment we haven’t had anyone from HU3 (Anlaby Rd) sign up. You should be pretty safe campaigning in that area.
The map system is a good idea, but sometimes people will sign up to register interest without us having a good idea about whether or not they are actually campaigning as such.
If you get a minute could you drop us an email so we can stick your details in our database please?
Thanks
Chris
Posted 21 Jul 2009 at 10:09 pm ¶Please get this in the HU5 Chants Ave area, PLEASE.
Posted 23 Jul 2009 at 10:20 pm ¶Have you though of a face book group and a twitter account to advertise???
Would be very interested in working with you on this – I live in Newland Avenue area and would love to see decent internet around here – its also a big student area being so close to the Uni.
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 9:32 am ¶Drop me an email and lets see how what we can do to help each other!!
Would love to have fibrestream in East Hull ( Preston road area ). I have notified all my friends and they are also interested.
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 9:32 am ¶hi m8 hope if this comes off you will be setting up in east hull i have had enough of karoo years ago
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 9:39 am ¶i am down side street of boulevard i wouldn’t mind giving this ago
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 3:01 pm ¶Please give us fibre optics in HU8, im sick of constant slow speeds, disconnections and lack of choice of ISP’s
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 3:02 pm ¶hi please let me know when you are rolling out on hall road/bev road as a change from karoo would be nice
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 9:31 pm ¶HU6 would love this service too . Bring it on guys,Hull needs you.
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 9:48 pm ¶How about bringing fibre optics to us in Skidby and other outlying areas. Although it is a relatively small village due to our distance from the nearest exchange upload and download speeds are much reduced due to distances from the nearest exchange, 5KM+ away.
Infact due to todays news of Karoo’s actions with regard to cutting off people, guilty or not, I feel as I am sure many people who use Karoo would like the choice of broadband providers and stop this obvious monopoly by Karoo.
Ask the people of Hull what they would prefer, Fibre Optics or Karoo Broadband, I think you know what the answer would be.
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 11:34 pm ¶I’m also in the HU5 Chants Ave area, I would love to see this.
Posted 24 Jul 2009 at 11:51 pm ¶Where do I sign?
Thanks for all of your comments and posts!
If you want us to look at providing service in your area, please make sure that you have told us in the manner specified in the info above so that we can figure out where the demand is.
In reply to Martin:
We have a twitter account @ twitter.com/fibrestream
One person who signed up to register interest set up this facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104422247721&ref=nf
Even if you do promote via facebook etc, we still need people to email us with their full details so that we can collate the info and figure out which postcode areas are showing demand.
Thanks again folks!!!
Posted 25 Jul 2009 at 1:06 pm ¶Yes we would like the new Fibre-optic broadband in Orchard Park, I am connected in a local group of internet users from all over the Hull area, and most would love to have another network provider to turn to instead Karoo
Posted 25 Jul 2009 at 6:06 pm ¶Hi, Im in HU5, but come under Cottingham area. I would love to have a new ISP.
Posted 25 Jul 2009 at 7:14 pm ¶I’ve pass the info around a few people, the main objection is the £50 price ticket.
Posted 25 Jul 2009 at 9:33 pm ¶Karoo is only £29.99 for the top level….
Hi Kip,
Thanks for your feedback – it’s worth noting that FibreStream’s definition of Next Gen Access is 100Mbps symmetric ie twice what Virgin Media is currently offering for download and 25 times current upload speed.
When assessing the value of any telecomms service it is important to factor in all the costs eg in the case of DSL products the phone line rental is payable, even if no voice calls are made using the line itself.
Also the market is developing rapidly and prices are falling all the time eg see http://www.itproportal.com/network/news/article/2009/7/15/virgin-media-reduce-price-50mbps-broadband-28/#ixzz0LLPfNGQ6&D
Posted 26 Jul 2009 at 1:11 am ¶I’ve created a google map if anyone wants to put their email and rough location on?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=113343143216124770999.00046fc8f79851f2a50b0&z=15
2 people already! Go Hull!
Posted 29 Jul 2009 at 12:20 pm ¶Hi Chris G,
We are mapping interest too. We decided not to publish all details (i.e email address etc) on an online map however to protect the privacy of people registering an interest.
It’s great to see people pushing the idea but please ensure you register interest at nextgenus@fibrestream.co.uk too because we don’t always have the time to visit the various facebook groups, online maps etc that people are building (and we would hate to miss out an area that is interested but that we don’t know about).
Thanks Again Everyone!
Posted 31 Jul 2009 at 5:36 pm ¶please go ahead and give us the fibre optic broadband..this is fantastic news….. i know loads of people who would have the service….. i live on north hull…… and your service would be very weclome…….
Posted 31 Jul 2009 at 11:33 pm ¶ive added a post to facebook…… i did it on the viking fm info page……. come on let something good happen to hull for a change…..
Posted 31 Jul 2009 at 11:50 pm ¶I hope you will come to Sandbach. (CW11) It has many schools and city council. The population ~25,000.
I really glad if I can use your fast fiber broadband in the nearly future.
Posted 02 Aug 2009 at 10:48 am ¶Bring fibre to MILTON KEYNES!!!!!!!! Please!!!!
Posted 02 Aug 2009 at 8:34 pm ¶Hi James, dont forget to fill out the interest email and tell all your friends, family and neighbours to do the same too
All the Best
Posted 03 Aug 2009 at 2:18 pm ¶Need faster connection please
I am on the Woolwich exchange.
Posted 03 Aug 2009 at 2:46 pm ¶Please please bring it to PE21 area of Boston Lincolnshire. I need faster internet. 24mbps is just not enough for me.
Posted 03 Aug 2009 at 5:15 pm ¶As usual guys, please remember to fill out the details requested on this page and email them to us.
Thanks.
Posted 03 Aug 2009 at 8:50 pm ¶I’m DEFINITELY considering some serious door knocking here, im on Hutt Street HU3 and getting internet thats NOT karoo would make me very happy. And I know plenty of other people who feel the same. Fact is, there’s a huge market in hull for alternative internet services, and by bringing fibre optics, you’d blow karoo out of the water. Please hurry
Posted 03 Aug 2009 at 11:48 pm ¶I live in Cranswick Grove ( Preston road estate ) and have a lot of interest in your firm. I feel the start of things on preston road should be centred around the freedom centre and built on from there. There are many firms and help cetres that would benefit from this type of technology. I would be willing to distribute any info you may have ( flyers / posters etc ) around the HU9 area. I can be contacted on the above email address for initial contact. Thanks!
Posted 03 Aug 2009 at 11:56 pm ¶Hey guys, just registered my interest, and I’ll be speaking to the people on my estate to see if anyone else is interested.
HU7 area.
I’d love to ditch Kingston Communications and Karoo, they’ve been a pain since I moved to Hull.
Am I right in assuming that (as a residential customer) we get a phone line/number as well as internet services through the one payment?
Posted 04 Aug 2009 at 10:22 am ¶This sounds great, although I’m not in Hull, I do feel for the folks there who only have the choice of one provider, it would be good to give them a bit more choice.
Do you have any estimates of how many subscribers you would need to make this worth while?
One area that could be worth looking at is Marsh Barton in Exeter, Devon. It’s a busy industrial estate however the nearest BT exchange is a small exchange a few miles away so if companies on the estate can’t afford dedicated leased lines they are stuck with around 1Mbit to 3MBit broadband and LLU isn’t an option.
I’ve posted a link to this page on my local LUG mailing list which covers Devon & Cornwall. There are a few of us who can’t get a decent broadband connection (long lines, no LLU services) who may be interested.
Rob
Posted 04 Aug 2009 at 10:42 am ¶I’d like to see fibre coming to Torquay in Devon
Posted 04 Aug 2009 at 12:28 pm ¶Will keep it simple HU8 area (longhill).
Posted 04 Aug 2009 at 5:39 pm ¶HU8 please then bye KCOM
Posted 04 Aug 2009 at 5:46 pm ¶I really hope we can have another service provider in hull so we can have a choice,and get a better service and a cheaper one,at the moment KC have the monopoly,.I am all for it .
Posted 06 Aug 2009 at 9:33 pm ¶Nicky Johno west hull
I am in west hull near cott and all our telephone lines are old fashioned and cannot take the maximum speeds of 8mlbs what i pay for i get only 4 so it dose not really matter who i pay unless the lines get updated and i expect at a massive cost to them . Nicky Johno. west hull
Posted 06 Aug 2009 at 9:42 pm ¶Hi folks,
If you’re interested please read the information at the top of the page and email your details to us.
Thank you!
Posted 08 Aug 2009 at 8:42 pm ¶at last hopefully the monopoly is over…..up to 8mb connection.what a laugh..2.5 if im lucky…..had an engineer down who said the line could handle 5mb but was unstable.heres hoping
Posted 14 Aug 2009 at 8:16 pm ¶A question for you folks: I’m considering moving to a rural area that currently has no broadband. This fact is the major reason I’m having second thoughts about the move… but how many interested parties would it take to persuade you guys to provide fibre to the area? For reference, the area in question is around 7 miles from the nearest BT exchange.
Posted 16 Aug 2009 at 12:20 pm ¶Hi Jules,
It’s hard to give precise figures because of the many factors involved in deploying service to an area.
If you’d like to send an email to info@fibrestream.co.uk giving us a bit more info about the location etc we should be able to give you a better reply.
Posted 16 Aug 2009 at 8:59 pm ¶Please open a branch of your company in Canada, here, the federal body responsible for regulation is called CRTC and is corrupted to the bone. We are stuck with 5Mbps access with 60GB caps for about 40 pounds per months because this CRTC maintains a total monopoly.
Posted 17 Aug 2009 at 12:22 am ¶Good day to you, I live in a village south of malton north yorkshire and about 5 miles from the BT exchange. The internet connection is unrelible would you be able to send all the necesary paper work to enable me to understand fully what wold be required so i can put it to the villagers and hopefully get enough intrest to make it worth your while.
Posted 17 Aug 2009 at 11:53 am ¶Hi David, Feel free to get in touch via email with more details of your requirements. We can give you a few more details on how to get started and what the general gist of what we do is.
Hey Vincent, As you guessed, unfortunately we don’t have a branch in Canada. There is a fair bit of info on the Internet about Canadian community broadband networks however that looks pretty positive. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=community+broadband+canada – Perhaps doing it yourself as a community could be a way forward if the incumbent is letting you down
Posted 17 Aug 2009 at 10:08 pm ¶Hi I live in Hu8 area and family in Hu9, I know my family and friends as well as myself would welcome this service. I use xbox live and often watch tv online but even with kc’s top set up I’m still let down and shown up when other friends around the UK or America ect.. run far better then me. I don’t know of one person who’s happy with the service from K.C and think you would win over everyone as word spreads even with the £50 price point! I pay 30 and for what? Family also in the media business so speed and power are important as I’m sure it would be to many businesses, school’s, uni’s ect..
Posted 19 Aug 2009 at 6:55 am ¶I hope you have the currage to run with this and roll out across the full city as I’m sure once people realised all the advantages like digital tv, music, media and video calling, they will see it’s great value for money and ditch our poor excuse for a provider!
Keep up the good work, I wish you every success and hope I’m able to take up your service in the very near future.
My partner and I recently moved to the Cottingham area (HU16) and we’re quite frankly astounded at the almost stone-age area connections and shameful monopoly practices being employed in the area. Any form of alternative would benefit the people of the area and perhaps encourage the current regime to offer more competitive pricing.
Posted 26 Aug 2009 at 3:37 pm ¶I know a few people in gipsyville who would be like the service
Posted 23 Sep 2009 at 1:37 pm ¶HU9 area. Sick of Karoo. I pay for an 8mb connection which is throttled to 2mb… sometimes I only get one. When I first took the service it was 6 or 7mb. If you paid for a 4 course meal in a restaurant and they served egg and chips that would be false advertising… Seems acceptable for KC to simply change their terms!
Bring on change… Karoo and KC in general can then kiss my $$$
Posted 11 Oct 2009 at 9:37 pm ¶Oh and let’s not forget the internet drop outs that appear to be more and more frequent these days!
Posted 11 Oct 2009 at 9:38 pm ¶Would you expect us to dig our own fibre to get it , Like spurn point?
Posted 13 Oct 2009 at 11:27 am ¶The Dig Your Own Fibre approach is a great way to keep the costs of deploying NGA FttH to a minimum, especially the first few metres across people’s gardens and through the wall, as these aspects cause the most unit costs and often emotional grief if done by commercial contractors.
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