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 [...]
RNLI
Just NextGenUs 2009 Hull Videos
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 [...]
FibreStream Digging Deep for RNLI
Following on from http://www.fibrestream.co.uk/2009/05/21/rnli-next-gen-access-challenge/ today some friends of RNLI, FibreStream’s partners Emtelle delivered the materials to site to create the passive FttH network for the RNLI Humber crew and their families.
The next step towards next gen access is to bury the microducts and for that FibreStream is Shouting Out for RNLI.
For the lifeboat crew and [...]
BBC Lifeboat Coverage
Short interview with Andy Comfort on the BBC Radio Humberside Breakfast Show.
RNLI NextGen Project
Covers the RNLI Humber project and touchs on the key message:
Next Gen Access is not primarily about the technicalities of FiWi – it is all about people, community and choices.
RNLI Next Gen Access Challenge
The FibreStream-led industry and community partnership meets with both local people to address rural UK Notspots and also some real life heroes – the permanent Humber Station lifeboat crew of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institute).
Objective: To identify the deficiencies of the RNLI’s existing connectivity then design and deliver together a fit-for-21st Century purpose Next [...]