By: MarkJ - 14 February, 2012 (2:24 PM) - Score: 1188 - Fixed Line Broadband, Wi-Fi
yorkshire uk broadband internet mapnynet uk ispThe Connecting North Yorkshire (CNY) and LN Communications (LNC) project looks set to make faster wireless broadband speeds of up to 20Mbps (Megabits per second) available to communities across Upper Wharfedale and Littondale in North Yorkshire (England, UK).

According to Stray FM, a local radio station, CNY intends to run a fibre optic connection all the way to Kettlewell Primary School. It's understood that the School will then also act as a wireless hub for distributing faster internet access out to the surrounding communities.

CNY’s Chairman and Local Councillor, Carl Les, explained:

"We are delighted to have the opportunity to deliver our eleventh high speed broadband project. We are committed to developing community based schemes in areas where high speed broadband is not commercially viable in the open market – the so called ‘broadband not spots’.

We are working with our partner Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), a Government organisation tasked with ensuring that 90% of the UK can receive high quality broadband access by 2015 and 100% by 2017.

The core of the scheme through Threshfield, Conistone, Kilnsey, Kettlewell, Starbotton, Buckden, Cray, Hubberholme, Yockenthwaite, Beckermonds and Oughtershaw is confirmed to go ahead. However, we still need more people to sign up in the Littondale communities including Hawkswick, Arncliffe, Litton, Halton Gill and Foxup."

A key meeting is due to be held at Kilnsey Village Hall on 14th March 2012, which will explain the scheme to locals. At this stage a firm timetable for deployment remains unclear, although past projects have tended to move quite quickly.

UPDATE 15th Feb 2012

People can register their interest in the scheme here:
http://www.fastuwdale.net
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Posted: 14 February, 2012 - 3:01 PM
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Great that Yorkshire are building community hubs. I wish Cumbria and Lancashire would do the same with their superb education network, but they won't. BT have taken over the lancs end, and presumably will soon get their hands on the cumbria part too. Its such a shame, because it could have been connecting communities since 2004. CLEO was built to a high spec and over capacity with this in mind. It has never been utilised due to suits in council silos not seeing the potential.
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Posted: 15 February, 2012 - 12:58 PM
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NYNET are doing a fantastic job here in North Yorkshire working with local ISPs to provide high speed symmetrical connections to really rural communities. The next stage, the main BDUK funded project, is due to finish procurement at the end of June. This should bring FTTx to the market towns like the one I live in. It really helps that North Yorkshire have a company like NYNET which employs IT professionals who have knowledge and experience in designing, building and exploiting networks. Whereas other BDUK pilots are left with BT as the sole bidder I haven’t heard that any bidders have withdrawn from the North Yorkshire pilot procurement process. This should mean that even if BT do get the nod they won’t be able to put in a weak bid. Can’t wait until to June/July to find out who wins and what they will deliver.
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Posted: 17 February, 2012 - 10:31 PM
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I get why CD is enthusing over community hubs, but surely the story quotes using wireless to delivery the last hop.....does this mean that only something with BT/Openreach in the name will draw her fire?



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