Saw this on the lunchtime bulletin and roared my head off:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21442348

Look at the download speed.

Nick

The answer to the question about funding in the comments section is simple - only BT ever manages to meet the criteria to claim the funding.

Good for them, I hope the idea spreads and takes more of the network/profit away from BT.

Wow!

That's a crazy speed. Never need to worry about being able to stream iplayer etc.

Phil

thing is I'm willing to bet they don't get taxed the same way as the commercial providers do. The government makes commercial providers pay business rates on fibre as soon as they light it (unless they're BT but that's a different story). I'm willing to bet these guys don't have to pay this particular tax, and yet it's one of the big reasons why commercial providers can't make the business case stack up in rural areas.

Good for them but I would guess they have some pretty rich locals contributing to this. Proves it can be done.

Local communities have been unbundling their own exchanges in Wales too.

Corking speed! That's what we should have but as usual be get everything little by little to squeeze as much money out of us as they can. Wonder how hard this would be to do, what exactly is involved.

The little I saw this morning they were running their own fiber across farms etc. I think 40km of fiber was a number mentioned but that might be imaginary on my part.

The little I saw this morning they were running their own fiber across farms etc. I think 40km of fiber was a number mentioned but that might be imaginary on my part.

240Km of fibre was the figure quoted, not 40!!

That's some impressive speed, I think someone needs to start 'Briski Band' and lets get the freedom members hooked up first please

The business rateable value on a cable with 2 fibres is £2000 per km per year. No wonder bt and virgin couldn't connect them up. Then the landowners charge a wayleave fee each year for disruption to the land. And that's before you start to work out the cost of labour and equipment.

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The business rateable value on a cable with 2 fibres is £2000 per km per year. No wonder bt and virgin couldn't connect them up. Then the landowners charge a wayleave fee each year for disruption to the land. And that's before you start to work out the cost of labour and equipment.

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Just sounds like the government is cutting it's own throat with it's supposed plans to get everyone online, it's a shame.

The tories were all for cutting this when they were in opposition, ed vaizey gave speeches promising a complete review. Of course when they won the election that was all abandoned.

The tax pre dates broadband. Goes back to the days when mercury started up.

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Oh and dont forget the roads lobby who want ti charge telcos for digging up roads to install fibre, plus they need to have a bond in place to pay for removal of the fibre should they ever go bust.

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