{"id":40363,"date":"2024-12-12T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=40363"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:38:57","slug":"alncom-teach-kids-in-northumberland-how-to-build-fttp-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/12\/alncom-teach-kids-in-northumberland-how-to-build-fttp-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"Alncom Teach Kids in Northumberland How to Build FTTP Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rural broadband ISP Alncom<\/a> has today informed ISPreview that they’ve completed the roll-out of a new FTTP<\/a> broadband network to the rural villages of Craster and Embleton (inc. surrounding areas) in Northumberland (England), covering 1,057 properties. But as part of that they’ve also been teaching local school children how to build the network.<\/p>\n

The network project, which has also connected the local village halls with free connections and public WiFi<\/a>, was part-funded by BDUK\u2019s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme<\/a> (GBVS). But the operator has also been able to do even more than this for the local communities as part of the ‘World Wide Web from a Wood and Classroom Without Walls’<\/em> programme.<\/p>\n

Alncom has essentially been donating their time to teaching school children in Northumberland new skills this month. This has been done through the Clarty Commandos<\/strong>, which is a \u2018Forest School<\/em>\u2019 that was set up in the grounds of Howick Estate near Alnwick, where children of all ages can experience learning in a unique environment, with a focus on practical rather than academic activities.<\/p>\n

Alncom were approached by founder Mark Tuff to devise some training, so the students could learn some of the skills required to deploy fibre broadband. The idea being that students could gain an understanding of how the internet gets into their homes.<\/p>\n

The provider felt that it was also a great opportunity to actually build a fibre network into the wood where the Forest School is based and used the opportunity for the Duchess High School<\/strong> students to “build it themselves<\/em>“. A charity project from start to finish.<\/p>\n