British Village Builds One of the Fastest Internet Networks of the UK
Jul. 12, 2020The most bugging issue that I face when I go to any rural area is the lack of good internet connectivity. We are hardwired to believe that rural areas have the slowest speeds when it comes to high-speed internet networking. Although it is very true for almost all rural areas of the world, except a tiny village located deep inside the UK.
Sheridan, who recalls her experience of building the internet network from scratch revealed that it involved doing“all kinds of things”.The volunteer team had to dig long trenches for the fiber-optic cables, map the area, and attain permissions for use of lands from fellow villagers. So, it was quite a tough job at the time. However, the community members did not give up until the network was live.Image: B4RN | Via: The Conversation
Currently, B4RN has around 56 permanent employees to look after the day to day operations and hasconnected over 7,000 homes in the whole of rural north-west England. It has made the rural communities much more powerful in terms of digital accessibility, especially at this time ofglobal crisis.
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