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Lancashire village’s broadband speeds Wray ahead of the rest of the UK
Residents in the village of Wray, in a rural part of Lancashire, have become the first customers live on the B4RN network. The village has become the latest one to get connected to the B4RN (Broadband...
View ArticleRural Cornwall residents launch superfast broadband petition
A group of rural Cornwall residents are campaigning to be introduced to fibre optic broadband. Homeowners from a rural area of Cornwall have launched a petition to try to bring superfast broadband...
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B4RN & Emtelle Show-Tell Day #4 – 9th April 2014
The 3rd Show-Tell day was very well attended and feedback from delegates was very good. The weather was kind to the group as they were taken on a tour of the areas where the B4RN team are deploying....
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Broadband for our parishes: Meeting 22nd March
HYPERFAST BROADBAND for us, our children and their children. Come and find out how we can get it in our parish: Get Together in the Gaskell Hall, Silverdale 2.00pm—4.00pm Saturday 22nd March 2014...
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Photos from our parish meeting, an excellent turnout
A great big thank you to all who attended the Gaskell Hall meeting yesterday; particularly to Barry Forde for his excellent, clear and informative presentation, to Simon Wade from Emtelle and to...
View ArticleSlow broadband wipes 20% off house prices
With growing numbers of people going online to perform tasks ranging from work to grocery shopping and streaming entertainment, good broadband has become critical. Homes without can lose 20 % of their...
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B4RN Hyperfast…it’s coming, and it’s close!
If you’ve seen our planned route, you’ll have noticed it starts at Borwick. We’ll be continuing the 1Gbps fibre broadband connection from though Yealand, to Silverdale & Storth. The team at Borwick...
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MP urges people to back B4RN broadband scheme for Storth
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local residents in Storth to look at a proposal by Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) to move out from their base in Lancashire and bring superfast broadband...
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Aughton: Help a neighbour, learn about B4RN
Many have expressed an interest in getting up close and personal to the digging & duct laying may be interested in helping out our neighbouring parishes. Aughton, who have already bought their...
View ArticleB4RN shares, how do they work?
The material costs of building the B4RN network for our parishes will be met by selling shares in the broadband company, to members of the local community. This funds the ducting, fibre, cabinets etc....
View ArticleB4RN in The Economist, over £1m in shares sold
B4RN and the inspiring Christine Conder were featured in The Economist recently, well worth a read. It’s great to see that the B4RN project has sold shares worth more than £1m to buy ducts and cables...
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One of the best articles we’ve ever read about B4RN
Victoria Turk has written one of the best articles we’ve ever read about B4RN, over at Vice.com. If ever you wanted a top-to-toe rundown of how B4RN works, here it is. …Frustrated by the major...
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But we’ve got BT coming…
B4RN Hyperfast is coming to our parishes, but so is BT’s Superfast connection. If BT’s faster broadband is nearly already here, should we bother with B4RN? There are some convincing reasons why B4RN is...
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Public meetings 2nd August – Storth & Yealand – Broadband for our parishes
Hyperfast Broadband will provide all our news, television, film, music and communications in the future. It will be an essential service in education, healthcare, farming, tourism and business and...
View ArticleListen again: Saturday’s Public Meeting
If you missed our public meetings in Storth & Yealands on Saturday 2nd August, don’t worry, we recorded it for you! Barry Forde (CEO of B4RN) gave a fascinating talk, and answers all the questions...
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Photos: Great turnout for Yealands & Storth
A big thanks to everyone who came and showed support at our public meetings on Sat 2nd August. The turnout and support was excellent, which is very promising for the project! If you couldn’t make the...
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Storth has reached Stage One, Silverdale and Yealands not far behind
Since our public meetings on 2nd August in Yealands & Storth, the B4YS team have been very busy. The community support for the project has been amazing, and is increasing all the time! Here’s a...
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Stage 1 target reached!
This email is to bring you the great news that all three B4YS villages have reached their Stage One targets! Yealands – target: £25,000 – current level: 100% raised! Silverdale – target: £38,000 –...
View ArticleCan you help….?
Now we have reached the First Stage Investment threshold, the more detailed work is starting. We are planning routes now, so if you know of any rivers, culverts or dykes that go under roads near you...
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Grab a cuppa, it’s the B4YS update
It’s been a couple of months since the last B4YS update – we’ve been very busy – but it’s good news all round, so grab a cuppa, here’s an extra-large B4YS update newsletter: A reminder In the last...
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A Quick Festive B4YS Update
Merry Christmas! Here’s a quick final update of 2014. For many in our 3 parishes it’ll be the last year of slow broadband, as we begin connecting properties through 2015: B4YS breaks first soil –...
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This weekend: B4RN Demo Day, Sunday 18th
Join B4YS THIS SUNDAY (18th January) 2pm – 4pm, at Borwick & Priest Hutton Memorial Hall: Borwick Lane, Borwick, Carnforth Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/0T71i Street view:...
View ArticleBarry Forde on BBC Radio 4’s PM
BBC Radio 4 interviewed Barry Forde – CEO of B4RN – on the popular ‘PM’ show recently. Here’s the clip below. If you want to give your friends & neighbours a quick overview of B4RN, this is a great...
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B4RN Demo Day: Pics, Audio & Video
On Sunday 18th January we held our B4RN demonstration day at the neighbouring Priest Hutton & Borwick Village Hall. Priest Hutton & Borwick are already connected to B4RN – our B4YS connection...
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B4YS progress pics: Jan/Feb 2015
The Yealands B4YS team have set the bar really high for Sivlerdale and Storth. Since Christmas they have taken duct under the M6, over the canal, under the West Coast Main Line and up to Yealand...
View ArticleAn update from the Yealands
The Yealands team are progressing well, and have shared this update with the B4YS mailing list: ———— We have now completed the installation of the orange duct from Borwick through to Yealand Village...
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Yealand Village Hall is LIVE!
Yealand Village Hall is live – it has been connected to the B4RN network – and now has 1,000Mbps internet speeds!Mike Macklin from the Yealand B4YS team shared the great news yesterday: The Hyperfast...
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B4YS August Update
Whilst for some it might seem that it’s all gone a bit quiet in B4YS-land these last few months, for our volunteers it’s been anything but! The B4YS project has moved into a different phase; whilst...
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The Yealands: progress pics, Winter 15/16
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131 B4YS Properties Connected
It’s with great pleasure that we can bring a B4YS update, which includes the amazing news that 131 properties in the B4YS area are now enjoying 1,000 Mbps B4RN fibre! In the Yealands, committed...
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