#b4rn — Public Fediverse posts

Oh, I don't care, I'm going to gloat:

While the UK's terrible & expensive #broadband provision goes from bad to worse, here in the #LuneValley the decision a decade ago to work together in a community broadband project (led & facilitated by #B4RN) looks ever more prescient.

The months we spent digging-in our own fibre-optic network means for the last 10 years we've had a level of broadband service most user in the UK can only dream of; doing it for ourselves paid off!

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/08/frustrated-broadband-customers-face-poor-service-and-rising-costs

Oh dear, #VirginMedia #broadband is down with no explanation (again)...

Hardly a day goes by when I am not thankful for the weeks of hard work we all put in round here a decade ago to dig in our community, fibre-to-the-house #broadband... still much better than any of the broadband oligopoly offer & what's more, ours!

#B4RN in the #LuneValley - hurrah

If you're interested in the sorts of things that a #community #broadband project gets up to... here's the latest update from #LuneValley broadband providers #B4RN... enabling remote #healthcare in the rural areas of North Lancashire & Cumbria.

https://b4rn.org.uk/about-b4rn/news-events/b4rn-focus-enabling-remote-healthcare

For those of you whose interest was piqued by the post on #community #broadband in the #LuneValley a couple of days ago, here's a good over-view of #B4RN's operations, which draws some interesting conclusions.... when you stop waiting for BT/OpenReeach to get off their arse in the countryside & do it for yourself/yourselves, world class connectivity becomes an option via fibreoptic end-to-end connection(s)!
https://www.arc2020.eu/faster-than-nasa-how-a-community-broadband-outfit-turbo-charged-northern-englands-countryside/