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Once ignored by telecom companies, Cumbria is now one of the pilot areas for the government's superfast broadband programme. Speak up for your community's needs.
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Les Morris became a registered member 14 hours, 52 minutes ago
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William Bundred posted an update 1 month ago
Having read this I wonder if something apart from talk will happen in our area.
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Hi William – Which area are you in. I think that this new report is just a story to push through any councils dragging their heels or not moving forwards as quickly as central government want to meet the targets that they are trying to reach. i think it is right that the County Council work at a pace that is manageable with the limited resources.…[Read more]
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Are you ARE the Broadband Champion & Hub Coordinator for you area … then maybe the County Council are guilty as charged. If you don’t have the information and a clear line of communication who does? I said the other day that I felt there were a lot of headless chickens running around and that the momentum that had been generated in many areas…[Read more]
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allhallows replied to the forum topic Map Links in the group
Mapping 1 month agoSorry a little inaccuracy here;
Current Cumbria Broadband Speeds (BT Infrastructure) – Click on any point in Cumbria to get a summary of the current and potential broadband […]-
The data used was as accurate as is publicly available. Can you be more specific?
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allhallows posted an update 1 month ago
In October 2011 the spending review talked about since the election has now been delivered setting out how savings will be made in order to reduce the deficit left by the previous Government.
One interesting point is the spending proposed for broadband. £530m has been set aside from both the BBC and digital switch-over under-spend. This is to get…[Read more] -
Gillian Webster became a registered member 1 month, 1 week ago
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Les Hanley became a registered member 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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chris conder posted an update 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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duncan fairbairn became a registered member 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Kate Norman posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago
Today is the launch of B4RN you can follow along online if you cant make it with the social media content – Twitter might be a good place to start;
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23B4RN
Also take a look at the B4RN website for latest news;
https://sites.google.com/site/b4rnftthbroadbandruralnorth/news/latest-news
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Thanks Kate. The launch went great, with representatives from all over the country. There are lots of blog links on the b4rn website and videos of support from Neelie Kroes, Andrew Stott, Trefor Davies, Kansas Google gigabit city, and lots more. Also letters, emails and tweets supporting the project. Thanks to all who made it happen. GameOn.
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Kate Norman posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago
Two events on this week check out the events section of the website http://broadbandcumbria.com/events/ Cyberbarn Work Party & B4RN Launch If you know of an event don’t forget to add it to the community calendar http://broadbandcumbria.com/community/calendar/
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Anne Nichols posted an update in the group
Faster ADSL 2 months, 2 weeks agoI was interested to see that our ISP Zen are trialling FTTH in some areas: http://www.zen.co.uk//latest-news.aspx?page=11148 – expensive but interesting.
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