Digital Parish Hubs
Well what a week that was! Lots more deliveries, including all the fibre for the whole core route. Sponsored metre has seen lots of people contributing a fiver to get their name on the fat ducts, and...
View ArticleThere She Blows!!!
In the second of today’s posts continuing the theme of this weeks ducting and fibre blowing activity, here is a video put together by one of the team showing the work of taking the fibre from the hub,...
View ArticleAcronym Overload? What does it all mean?
FTTH, FTTC, ADSL, VDSL, Mbps, Gbps, WiFi….STOP!!!! While more and more people are coming round to the idea that having good broadband is a huge advantage, not many people know the jargon. Do we want...
View ArticleWe Learn How to Fleet Fibre
Last week we learnt how to do long fibre blows. Once again, many thanks to Emtelle for their expert guidance, knowledge transfer and support of this community project. It is very much appreciated....
View ArticleBlowing in the wind and fleeting in the sleet… with Pete.
Yesterday our new blowing machine arrived. This is due to the sponsorship of three B4RN members, who have bought it in memory of Anton. Anton was very proud of the project and wanted to buy something...
View ArticleNew Year. New Connections.
Happy New Year to all who read this. A few days off for the B4RN community, sadly the bad weather did not have any time off over Christmas! Now it is back to it as this new video shows. One … Continue...
View ArticleFujikura 12S
This last few weeks B4RN volunteers have been test driving the new Fujikura 12S in the fields, and the homes in Rural England. With sheep. And Tea. Fujikura are very kindly loaning this splicer to B4RN...
View ArticleGuest Blog – New Customer Experience
The B4RN community has been busy lately connecting new customers along the ever growing core route. Some great good news stories have been coming out from many of the newly connected customers about...
View ArticleGuest Blog – Leaping into the 21st Century
Another guest post from recently connected Monica Lee from Quernmore near Lancaster. This is another excellent post for prospective customers as Monica goes into detail around subjects such as...
View ArticleB4RN and Emtelle Show – Tell day.
B4RN Emtelle Show Tell Day 230513 Please click on the link for more info. B4RN and Emtelle are hosting a “Show – Tell” day on Thursday 23rd May 2013, sharing experiences and demonstrating installation...
View ArticleFibre 2 Abbeystead
Well they said it couldn’t be done unless it cost thousands of pounds per property, but the community have done IT. Thanks to the generosity of the shareholders and the hard work of the farmers the...
View ArticleNewton’s Law. The Next Village to Get Fibre
Newton’s first law of motion states, “An object at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by a force. An object in motion remains in motion, and at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a force.”...
View ArticleB4RN & Emtelle Show-Tell Day #2
Following on from the first Show-Tell day which was a great success, the second of these events is scheduled for Tuesday 30th July. Full details are below. Click on the image to download the PDF. The...
View ArticleWell hello Summer!
This year has been the year we should have had last year! The glorious weather has meant the farmers have got their crops in and many have been digging for victory. The Route to Gressingham from...
View ArticleThe Sounds of Summer – Sponge Hitting Bottle
The weather has been very kind to the B4RN community lately. This has allowed for the digging, fibre blowing and customer connections to be carried out with the only interruptions being to apply more...
View ArticleRural Broadband – The Difference it’s Made to Me
Step back 6 years. I was a busy lawyer living in a small town in the North West of England, addicted to my expensive Virgin Media broadband connection. I used it for email, internet, keeping in touch...
View ArticleB4RN & Emtelle Show-Tell Day #5
It’s time for another get together. A meeting of like minded folks and an opportunity to share the knowledge of rural broadband deployment. The date for the fifth Show-Tell day is set for the 10th July...
View ArticleDolphinholme – Snorkels, Triffids and Fibre
Many followers of the rural broadband debate will have heard of the small Lancashire village of Dolphinholme. Situated just outside Lancaster and on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, this village of...
View ArticleB4RN & Emtelle Show-Tell Day #6
It’s time for another get together. A meeting of like minded folks and an opportunity to share the knowledge of rural broadband deployment. The date of the sixth Show-Tell day is set for the 8th...
View ArticleB4RN & Emtelle Show-Tell Day #7
Update. 24th March. Another great day, with fantastic visitors and demos. The cake was awesome too, superb catering by a local lady, much tea, a grand day. Photos on our facebook album because that is...
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