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| The B4RN at work laying cables earlier this month. Photo: B4RN |
(with thanks to Martyn Dews): Matters are moving apace at B4RN, the community-based rural fibre optic project connecting up Lancaster’s nearby villages to superfast broadband.
Digging of the phase one ducting has
reached the outskirts of Quernmore and is heading over to Abbeystead.
Houses en route are being connected with ducting of similar thickness to
TV cable, ready for the fibre optic to be blown to carry 1000Mbps
connectivity.
The hub of this activity lies in Quernmore, where one of
the two nerve centres is sited. This links all B4RN users to the
internet via the Geo fibre which runs through this picturesque valley.
A green coloured cabinet, which houses all the necessary electronics
for this wizardry, sits unobtrusively in the village and has recently
been powered and populated ready to revolutionise internet connectivity
for the residents of the core route between the parishes.
Many people in the B4RN area are on very low internet connection speeds, with many still limited to dial up or expensive
satellites. This is set to change when speeds 3000 times faster are
available to many in the next few weeks.
• For all the latest news on this development visit: http://b4rn.org.uk/news