Great to see Working Lunch picking up the Fibrestream-sponsored First recorded community FttH dig last May with Wray CIC
There is a rising tide of readiness emerging across the great and good British Public for future-proof Telecoms delivered by FttH, or Fi:Wi to the Human, that is operated on the Community Interest, that puts people first.
Rural
BBC Gets Rural JFDI FttH!
Deeply Rural Fi:Wi
Newton and Stape (NANDS) are two adjoining parishes in deeply rural North Yorkshire where conventional broadband is patchy at best and non-existent for the majority of the 140+ homes and businesses present.
The NextGenUs NANDS project is the first of its kind in North Yorkshire and it is hoped that NANDS can be replicated to enable [...]
Taxing Times Ahead for Rural Communities?
There follows an invitation FibreStream recently accepted to consult with the VOA as regards the potential imposition of business rates to WiFi and WiMAX networks.
As previously highlighted, this development threatens particularly to discriminate against rural communities by significantly impacting the costs and therefore viability of delivering broadband services to local residents and businesses, as the [...]
FibreCamp’09
Here is some interesting footage that attempts to capture in 6 minutes a flavour of the first day of NextGen’09 in Leeds on 16th November, with a particular focus on the FibreCamp arranged by Brian Condon, Daniel Heery and Steve Spillane.
What is worth noting is the rising tide of interest in and support from Public [...]
The First Third Steps
After so many years pointing, prodding and cajoling to put the 4th Utility onto the public agenda, it seems that finally the importance of connectivity is being recognised across all of society eg HRH Prince Charles in Friday’s Telegraph
What is particularly important about HRH Prince Charles’ intervention is the focus it gives to the particular [...]
Rural CuWi How To Videos
Whilst FttH (Fibre to the Home) and its partner FiWi (Fibre & Wireless) are undoubtedly the future of telecommunications, otherwise known as NGA (Next Generation Access), for many people especially in rural areas, the problem now, today, is how to get any kind of broadband service.
The following video clips show how an ADSL broadband feed [...]