{"id":1218,"date":"2012-07-08T01:15:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T00:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2012-07-08T08:22:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T07:22:46","slug":"north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html","title":{"rendered":"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorsetforyou.com\" target=\"_new\">Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset<\/a> (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA&#8217;s <strong>Rural Communities Broadband Fund<\/strong> (RCBF) after it proposed to solve local rural broadband woes by laying a <strong>fibre optic<\/strong> cable along a former <strong>railway line<\/strong> (<em>trailway<\/em>) that runs from Sturminster Newton to Blandford.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisdorset.co.uk\/Trailway-route-superfast-broadband\/story-16313817-detail\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">This is Dorset<\/a>, the plan would involve running a fibre optic cable down the <strong>8 mile stretch<\/strong> of trailway and linking up several villages along the way including Durweston, Stourpaine, Shillingstone, Child Okeford and Okeford Fitzpaine. Several further villages, Manston, Hammoon and Fiddleford, could potentially also be included into the project.<\/p>\n<p>The CPEND is now understood to be developing a full application that would aim to secure a slice of RCBF&#8217;s <strong>\u00a320 million<\/strong> budget and might also seek additional money through private investment. <strong>Bournemouth University<\/strong> has also started a local survey to assess the projects potential economic and social impact. Overall some 2,200 people and 100 businesses could benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Further details about the <strong>Trailway Broadband<\/strong> project can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dt11forum.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">DT11 Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA&#8217;s Rural Communities Broadband Fund (RCBF) after it proposed to solve local rural broadband woes by laying a fibre optic cable along a former railway line (trailway) that runs from Sturminster Newton to Blandford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[471,52],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bduk","tag-fibre-optic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA&#039;s Rural Communities Broadband Fund\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA&#039;s Rural Communities Broadband Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-08T00:15:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-07-08T07:22:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-08T00:15:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-08T07:22:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"commentCount\":17,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Building Digital UK\",\"Fibre Optic\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\",\"name\":\"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-08T00:15:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-08T07:22:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA's Rural Communities Broadband Fund\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line - ISPreview UK","description":"The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA's Rural Communities Broadband Fund","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line - ISPreview UK","og_description":"The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA's Rural Communities Broadband Fund","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2012-07-08T00:15:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-07-08T07:22:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line","datePublished":"2012-07-08T00:15:25+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-08T07:22:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html"},"wordCount":185,"commentCount":17,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"keywords":["Building Digital UK","Fibre Optic"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html","name":"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-07-08T00:15:25+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-08T07:22:46+00:00","description":"The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) claims to have gained a positive response from DEFRA's Rural Communities Broadband Fund","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/north-dorset-uk-could-solve-rural-broadband-woe-via-old-railway-line.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"North Dorset UK Could Solve Rural Broadband Woe via Old Railway Line"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}