Summer is over…….
Sep 26, 2013
……..and we’ve come out of hibernation for Autumn!
A ‘thank you’ for all 65 of you in the Parish who came to one of the three meetings held over the Summer. It was good to meet everyone and start to work together on bringing this important resource – superfast broadband (SFBB) – into our community.
Thank you also to those of you who said you were prepared to act as a local contact point. You probably will not hear from me for a bit and then – when we know that the local exchanges and cabinets will be fibre enabled for superfast broadband - there will be a flurry of activity so we can make the most of this infrastructure so it benefits every house/business in the area.
Here’s what’s been going on…….
- Newby Bridge exchange has now got a date when it is planned to be fibre enabled: end of 2015. The other exchanges which serve our parish are shown as subject to planning & survey work: no dates for completion yet. Follow progress on www.connectingcumbria.org.uk/when-and-where
- The row about BT using its monopoly position continues to rumble on. On a local level, this means that BT is still preventing the County Council from releasing the mapping information it wants to release. This of course in spite of the Public Accounts Committee being told by BT that it had no objection to the release of information. The soap opera continues ……..
- We have formally registered an interest in discussing community build with the connecting Cumbria team to get the best deal for the currently 30% of premises not scheduled to get SFBB. The current position is that information on when each cabinet will be fibre enabled will only be released 6 months in advance of work taking place. It is clearly best to plan any community build in this six month window – hence my comment about there needing to be a flurry of activity when work is planned.
- BT has reported the trialling of some new technology that would give some good options for the 7% of the County not currently scheduled to get SFBB. (For the technically minded this involves both ADSL regenerators and 4g). More updates to follow.