Saturday 28 July 2012

DEFRA Result soon

Everyone at Fibre GarDen are anxiously awating the outcome of our submission to DEFRA for seed corn funding to start the project off. We hope to be hearing within the next week so watch this space for further updates!

Monday 16 July 2012

Dentdale Show

Various members of the Fibre GarDen team will be supporting our stand at the 2012 Dentdale Show on the 25th and 26th August. They will be on hand to answer any of your questions about the Fibre GarDen project, what it will mean for the two Dales, where the project currently is and what is still to be done. The following is taken from the front page of the show website:

Visit the Dentdale Show 2012

"A great day out for all ages"
And it's free - free entry, free parking & lots of free entertainment.
Join us on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August (the Bank Holiday weekend) for Dentdale Show. Each day has a packed programme that combines the highlights of a traditional local country show with wacky entertainment, live music and the best of the area's food and drink.
The playing fields in the centre of Dent village are the heart of Dentdale Show but there's plenty going on around the village on both days and you can complete your weekend with The Big Night Out from 7pm to late on Sunday evening.
Fun, games and festivities for all the family – see you in Dent!
Check out What's on for details of the programme, events and competitions and lots, lots more.

Sunday 15 July 2012

Aim for the Stars

John Colton has published a further article called Aim for the Stars in which he gives exenstive background information about satelite broadband, useful or not?

Thanks John, I think I understand it now!

Thursday 12 July 2012

Project Team

The Fibre GarDen Project Team had a successful meeting last night that focused on:
  • Recent developments in the Cumbria County Council procurement process
  • Securing advice from our legal experts on an appropriate corporate vehicle for the project, wayleaves, share offering and capital funding.
  • Operational issues and progressing the support from our surrounding communities was also discussed.
Fibre GarDen will also have a presence at the Dentdale Show on the 25th and 26th August. See us at the show for further information about the project and the very latest developments.

Fujitsu Pulls out of Cumbria

Another interesting article about Fujitsu pulling out of Cumbria and where that  leaves everyone. Interesting times ahead and much to discuss with all the relevant authorities and organisations.

Thanks to John Colton for alerting us to the article.

Wednesday 11 July 2012

MP Calls for urgent action after broadband setback

Note this response by Tim Farron following the announcement that Fujitsu have pulled out of the Cumbria broadband talks. Whilst disappointing and leaving a 'one horse race', for some, that will inevitably cause further delays in roll-out of any sort of reasonable broadband service across Cumbria.

Garsdale and Dentdale, through the Fibre GarDen project, will not be affected by this but still need the full support of the communities to make it happen!

Thanks to Martyn Dews for this link

Monday 9 July 2012

Project Team

The Fibre GarDen Project Team are to meet on Wednesday evening to discuss and progress a number of issues relating to the project. One of the main topics for discussion will be organising the share offering with our legal advisers having now received an impressive response from the communities in support of this.

If you would like to become more involved with the project to secure superfast broadband for the two Dales then please do get in touch; details are on the contacts tab at the top of this page.

4G Broadband

John Colton, our Technical Director, has published another briefing paper on the subject of 4G Broadband for Rural Communities with an obvious focus on Garsdale and Dentdale and what this would mean for us.

To view the full article follow this link

Tuesday 3 July 2012

How really fast broadband changes everything

This is a very useful article for those who think that their current so called broadband service is all they need!

Culture, Media and Sport Committee


Select Committee Announcement
Thursday 28 June 2012
For Immediate Release:
ONE-OFF EVIDENCE SESSION: BROADBAND DELIVERY UK
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Committee Room 8
The Secretary of State, Jeremy Hunt announced in July 2010 the Government’s aim of having the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015. As virtually all of the UK is now connected to a broadband enabled exchange, the speed of the service received is now potentially the key decisive factor in promoting economic growth as this determines the kind of applications and services that can be accessed online.

Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is a unit based within DCMS set up to deliver the Government’s broadband strategy to provide superfast broadband to 90% of the UK and a minimum of 2Mbps to the whole of the UK.www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/telecommunications_and_online/7781.aspx and www.culture.gov.uk/news/news_stories/8723.aspx

  BDUK’s main role is to allocate and distribute £530 million of funding to bring superfast broadband to the third of UK homes and businesses which would not otherwise be served by the broadband market alone.