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First bit of new local broadband network goes live – can you help?
Good news for local broadband – the first bit of the Village Networks broadband for our hills and valleys has gone live. We hope to deliver a 20mbs service to people in Stonor around the end of November and Russells … Continue reading
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BT superfast community meeting read out
About 72 people attended the meeting in Russell’s Water village hall last week to hear from BT and Oxfordshire County Council on their plans for broadband roll out. I am grateful to Craig, Mark and Stacey for coming along and … Continue reading
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Christmas Common in summer…..
At last it has arrived! The long awaited cabinet is just awaiting connection and subsequent enabling and we can feel pleased to have achieved this significant milestone. We await feedback on what benefits are felt and fast broadband will give … Continue reading
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OFCOM report – some help but let’s keep ploughing on
Ofcom has reported today on a range of BT issues. There are couple of things that may be helpful to us, but it is hard to tell and they will take a year or two to implement. Ofcom is belatedly … Continue reading
Evidence to and briefing for Select Committee on Connect8
To prepare for the Select Committee’s visit I wrote a briefing paper on the background to our local situation and what we were up to with Connect8. It’s a useful backgrounder for anyone interested in what we are up to … Continue reading
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Transcript of evidence to Select Committee hearing in Russell’s Water – local bits
The transcript of the formal evidence session has popped up on the Parliament website – I have extracted here my bits that relate to the area as many have naturally reported struggles to view the video over the awful local … Continue reading
TV coverage of CMS Committee rural broadband hearing in Russells Water
The official video of the formal evidence session is now up on the Parliament site. I’ll do some indexed links here over the next few days to help people navigate through it but to kick off here is my first … Continue reading
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House of Commons Select Committee visit our Connect8 area
The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee made their visit on the 11th February taking a tour of the area with visits to the Tree Barn at Greenfield and the Hundred Hills Vineyard at Pishill prior to the official evidence … Continue reading
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Connect8 meet Ed Vaizey
At a meeting arranged by Henley MP John Howell, the Minister for Telecoms certainly now knows about the work of Connect8 in the quest for fast broadband in a large part of South Oxfordshire following some strong representations made by … Continue reading
BT must get their act together…
The pressure for superfast broadband is mounting and BT have some seriously challenging policy decisions to make if they are to preserve the future of Openreach These articles are interesting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34256790 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34324046 Connect8 maintain close contact with the Oxfordshire County … Continue reading
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