ISP NYnet, a UK public sector controlled private limited company that was formed by North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) with funding from Yorkshire Forward and the EU in 2007, has announced that 150 residents and businesses in Farndale, Blakey, Bransdale, Rudland, Beadlam Rigg and East Moors (North Yorkshire) will soon benefit from a new next generation broadband service.

The communities are all largely isolated rural villages where very few people currently live. Most of their existing internet access services are either very slow or nonexistent. In an effort to fix this NYnet has teamed up with Moorsweb and LN Communications to expand its high-speed broadband network into the area.

NYnet's plan involves using its existing fibre optic broadband platform to connect up Gillamoor School, which is on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. From here the service will be distributed over nine miles in three directions via a wireless link.


Residents and businesses can expected to receive internet download and upload speeds of up to 6Mbps, which could rise to 10Mbps in the future with further improvements. NYnet hopes that its new scheme will reverse the trend of urban migration and stimulate local economic and social regeneration.

Moorsweb is also planning to add Rosedale to the fibre connection and is investigating the possibility of further extending the benefits to Hutton-le-Hole and other communities.