Saturday 4th September - B4RN broadband insider knowledge, technical advice, and registration help.
Our next and final Q&A drop-in session will be 11am - 3pm on Saturday 4th September at Hare Hill Barn, LA11 6NZ. We’ll have some...
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Julie Woodgate
- Jul 28, 2021
- 1 min
What is Fibre Optic Broadband?
What is fibre broadband and why does it make such a difference to use it? The internet service available to most of the UK is "Fibre To...
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cmfb4rn
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
Do I qualify as a business for the purposes of Project Gigabit?
One in four local homes probably qualify as a business. It's likely if you fill in a tax return, you qualify. There’s no harm in applying...
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cmfb4rn
- Jul 25, 2021
- 1 min
COMING SOON! Are you ready to register for B4RN broadband?
Many of you have already expressed an interest in getting B4RN hyperfast broadband, and the community has been very supportive of our...
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Julie Woodgate
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Laying fibre broadband in rural areas - how is it done?
The cost of laying fibre for broadband in harder to reach areas can be hair-raising to say the least. Depending on the terrain and the...
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Julie Woodgate
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
Benefits of full fibre Gigabit broadband
According to "Connecting Cumbria" The benefits of a full fibre Gigabit broadband connection include: ● allowing businesses to upload and...
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Michael Littlewood
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
Broadband is an essential service in today's technological age
I decided to get involved and volunteer for the Cartmel Fell B4RN for a number of reasons. First and foremost is obviously the lack of...
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Fiona Hope
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Superfast broadband is a necessity
“I am fortunate to have fibre broadband from BT but at a cost which not everyone can afford. Superfast broadband is a necessity in this...
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Vanda Lambton
- Jun 10, 2021
- 1 min
Hyperfast broadband is the new "access to local transport links"
According to Sam Ashdown from AshdownJones, with the growing propensity to work from home, excellent connectivity and broadband are the...
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Matt & Laura Martin
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
“Fast, reliable broadband is a 'must' for daily living in any rural community”
We ourselves are incredibly grateful to be within a segment of Cartmel Fell which is already very well provided for in terms of fast,...
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Jools W
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
B4RN is a Community Benefit Society
What's a Community Benefit Society? B4RN is a community commercial social enterprise that is often funded by members of the community...
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Ken Pickering
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
And so here we are...
... at the start of what could be a truly revolutionary project in our own backyards! At last the super-mega-ultra-speed internet service...
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