Back in May 2009, RNLI Humber hosted the visit of the Fibrestream-NextGenUs team and its partners.
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We had set ourselves a challenging mission to accomplish.
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Provide superfast broadband to one of the most remote-rural locations in England.
Spurn Point, located where land, river and sea meet (Yorkshire, Humber and North respectively), where RNLI Humber crew and their families [...]
Pharos Films
RNLI Humber Goes NGA
Just NextGenUs 2009 Hull Videos
After Stakhanovite efforts by Pharos VJs Kizzy and Reg, plus a little Youtubery from the NextGenUs team, here are some highlights of the Colloquium and BSG COTS event:
First up, a 9 minute overview
Some early arrivals meet and greet – [20 Seconds]
More Convergence Conversations – [19 Seconds]
People Create Change – [25 Seconds]
NGA will be a Patchwork [...]
Big Dig Day
“If similarly small-scale installations can be achieved in other parts of Yorkshire, as claimed by Fibrestream, which is installing the fibre optic cable, then rural life can be improved immeasurably.” Mark Holdstock, Yorkshire Post, 15 August 2009
Digging Done
Grassroots Community Broadband, complete with spades, picks and above all community spirit.
The FttH groundworks for RNLI Humber were completed by the lifeboat crew literally digging their own fibre today, with the volunteer cooperation of FibreStream, Emtelle, Steve Medcalf Builders and Pharos Films
- special thanks to ScrewFix for providing the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).
More to follow [...]