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B4SW Close to Rolling Out 1Gbps Broadband to South Westmorland

1st August, 2016 (1 Comment)

The Broadband for South Westmorland (B4SW) project, which is a community funded spin-off of the B4RN project, has now raised “enough money to finance the bulk” of their plan to roll-out a 1Gbps FTTP broadband network across a big chunk of South Westmorland in Cumbria.

Hayton Council Criticises Wireless ISP for Broadband Overbuild Snafu

25th May, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Hayton Parish Council in Cumbria has criticised local wireless ISP Solway Communications after the provider allegedly failed to honour a pledge to withdraw its claim on a number of postcodes in the Parish, which has prevented Openreach (BT) from building a new “fibre broadband” (FTTC) cabinet in the area.

B4RN Begins to Build Own Rural 1Gbps FTTH Civil Engineering Team

23rd May, 2016 (8 Comments)

The community built B4RN project, which is deploying ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband networks to remote parts of rural Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire in England where commercial operators ignore, has begun hiring to build its own in-house civil engineering team.

Overbuilding Error Leaves Cumbria Village Without “Fibre Broadband”

20th May, 2016 (3 Comments)

Residents of Welton, which is a small rural village in Cumbria (England), have vented their anger at the local authority after they were excluded from being within the scope of BT’s “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) roll-out due to a wrongful fear of NGA network overbuilding.

Solway Comms Moots FTTP and Wireless Broadband Expansion to Deeside

7th April, 2016 (0 Comments)

Carlisle-based ISP Solway Communications has put in a new application for Code Powers from Ofcom (i.e. quicker / easier approval of civil works) and at the same time revealed that they’re considering a major expansion of their wireless and 1Gbps FTTP broadband network.

Vodafone UK Bring Femtocell 3G Mobile to 7 Rural Cumbria Villages

7th April, 2016 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone have today announced that their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology has been deployed to seven remote villages in Cumbria (England), which means they can now access 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice services for the first time.

VIDEO How B4RN’s Community 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Network Began

8th March, 2016 (10 Comments)

The outspoken co-founder of the rural Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire focused community B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project, Christine Conder, has uploaded a new video to help explain how their successful Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH/P) network first got off the ground.

B4RN Bring 1Gbps Broadband to 1,600 Rural Homes in North England

15th February, 2016 (18 Comments)

It’s fast approaching three years since the community built and funded B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) project first picked up shovels and began building their own ultrafast 1000Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network to parts of rural Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire.

After FibreGarden – Garsdale and Dentdale Eye BT or B4RN Broadband Fix

5th February, 2016 (19 Comments)

Residents of Garsdale and Dentdale in rural Cumbria (England) are debating two possible fixes for securing faster broadband, which follows last year’s dramatic failure of the Fibre GarDen (Digital Dales) scheme. One of the options involves going back to BT, while the other would call in the B4RN team.

Solway Comms Setup Temporary Wireless Broadband for Flood Hit Carlisle

27th December, 2015 (0 Comments)

Cumbria-based ISP Solway Communications has moved to help at least some of those affected by the recent floods in Carlisle by installing a free superfast wireless broadband network for the Warwick Road area. On top of that it will be completely free of charge for at least the next 3 months.

Cumbria’s Fibre GarDen Broadband Project in New Contractor Dispute

23rd November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The row over Fibre GarDen’s (Digital Dales) failure to roll-out an ultrafast FTTP broadband network to the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Garsdale and Dentdale has deepened today after the project said that ITS Technology Group was likely to be of “breach of contract” over their gap funding deal.

ITS Tech Offer to Buy Struggling Fibre GarDen Cumbria Broadband Project

20th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The ITS Technology Group has offered to buy the Digital Dales (Fibre GarDen) project, which was hoping to deploy an ultrafast FTTP broadband network to the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Garsdale and Dentdale until it was stalled by funding problems and a contractor dispute (here and here).

GTC Deploy 300Mbps Broadband to Cumbria’s Story Homes Development

19th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

Utility infrastructure provider GTC, which last year made their 300Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network the standard broadband technology across all of their future new build homes (here), has confirmed that they’re now rolling out to the new Story Homes development in West Cumbria (England).

Rory Stewart MP Questions the Higher Cost of UK Rural Broadband

6th November, 2015 (21 Comments)

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DEFRA and Conservative MP for Penrith and The Borders (Cumbria), Rory Stewart, has spoken of his concern for the “unjust situation” where people in rural areas can be forced to pay more for a slower broadband ISP package than their urban counterparts.

B4RN Refresh Site and Add 1Gbps Rural FTTH Broadband Rollout Plan

26th October, 2015 (2 Comments)

The community driven B4RN project, which is building a 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH/P) network to thousands of premises around rural Lancashire in England (inc. parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria), has launched a new website and revealed their future roll-out plan.

Fibre GarDen Calls a HALT to Rural Cumbria FTTP Broadband Project

16th October, 2015 (63 Comments)

Going nowhere fast. The Digital Dales (Fibre GarDen) project, which had been hoping to deploy a 100Mbps FTTP broadband network to 580 premises in the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Garsdale and Dentdale, has today ground to a halt over funding problems.

Unpaid Contractors Cast Shadow Over Fibre Garden’s Cumbria FTTP Rollout

8th September, 2015 (8 Comments)

The community driven Digital Dales (Fibre GarDen) project, which recently began work to roll-out a 100Mbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 580 premises in the rural Cumbria (England) villages of Garsdale and Dentdale, is trying to recover after unpaid contractors downed tools.