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'''= B4RN''', a community-wide, co-operative, and collaborative initiative | '''= B4RN''', a community-wide, co-operative, and collaborative initiative bringing hyperfast symmetric fibre optic broadband to homes and offices | ||
URL = http://b4rn.org.uk/ | URL = http://b4rn.org.uk/ | ||
=Description= | ==Description== | ||
"The purpose of the project is to take a new approach to the ownership, financial and deployment models used traditionally, and still proposed by, telecommunications companies. These models invariably leave rural areas outside of the scope of economic viability for the telecoms companies, and have helped to create the Digital Divide between rural and urban Britain." | "The purpose of the project is to take a new approach to the ownership, financial and deployment models used traditionally, and still proposed by, telecommunications companies. These models invariably leave rural areas outside of the scope of economic viability for the telecoms companies, and have helped to create the Digital Divide between rural and urban Britain." | ||
B4RN has its roots in the rural areas around [[wikipedia:Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], England. | |||
= | ==Personal Experience== | ||
[[Simon Grant]] has been connected through this network and was an active volunteer helping to create his local section (c. 2015). | |||
==More Information== | |||
* [[Community That Built Their Own Gigabit Fibre Network in Rural Lancashire]] (video) | |||
* See more at: http://b4rn.org.uk/ | * See more at: http://b4rn.org.uk/ | ||
* [[Guifi Net]] in Barcelona | * [[Guifi Net]] in Barcelona | ||
Latest revision as of 15:26, 2 June 2020
= B4RN, a community-wide, co-operative, and collaborative initiative bringing hyperfast symmetric fibre optic broadband to homes and offices
URL = http://b4rn.org.uk/
Description
"The purpose of the project is to take a new approach to the ownership, financial and deployment models used traditionally, and still proposed by, telecommunications companies. These models invariably leave rural areas outside of the scope of economic viability for the telecoms companies, and have helped to create the Digital Divide between rural and urban Britain."
B4RN has its roots in the rural areas around Lancaster, England.
Personal Experience
Simon Grant has been connected through this network and was an active volunteer helping to create his local section (c. 2015).
More Information
- Community That Built Their Own Gigabit Fibre Network in Rural Lancashire (video)
- See more at: http://b4rn.org.uk/
- Guifi Net in Barcelona