Last weekend seen a team formed from NextGenUs and local community volunteers to connect our core node for the Eden Valley to fibre.
By mid day on Saturday, we had used our trencher to reach the road opposite the farm building where our mast is positioned.
Joan Raine, Chairman of Eden District Council kindly attended to lend a hand with the Herald photographer coming along to report on our activities for the this week's edition which I have attached below.
The afternoon seen us laying ducting in the trench, backfilling and bringing the ducting into the building with the help of local volunteers Simon, Nick and Hector. Thanks also to Martin at Krypton TV whom we are partnered with to provide next generation TV services over connections we deploy.
A final step seen me moving all our equipment into the newly installed cabinet. As you can see, the ducting is ready to go right into the cabinet.
Penrith and the Borders MP and broadband campaigner Rory Stewart commented "NextGenUs has been a passionate advocate for connecting remote rural communities to broadband. They are determined and ambitious and push into areas which other companies have avoided. I am delighted they are now pressing ahead in Eden and I wish them and the communities, with which they are working, all the best.".
We have been continuing to extend our trench this week and will continue next week in order for ducting to be laid and a fibre optic cable pulled through. This will then be ready to connect to trunk fibre optic cabling already in the ground which will take us to Manchester where we can 'break out' onto the internet and begin providing services to customers...
By mid day on Saturday, we had used our trencher to reach the road opposite the farm building where our mast is positioned.
Joan Raine, Chairman of Eden District Council kindly attended to lend a hand with the Herald photographer coming along to report on our activities for the this week's edition which I have attached below.
The afternoon seen us laying ducting in the trench, backfilling and bringing the ducting into the building with the help of local volunteers Simon, Nick and Hector. Thanks also to Martin at Krypton TV whom we are partnered with to provide next generation TV services over connections we deploy.
A final step seen me moving all our equipment into the newly installed cabinet. As you can see, the ducting is ready to go right into the cabinet.
Penrith and the Borders MP and broadband campaigner Rory Stewart commented "NextGenUs has been a passionate advocate for connecting remote rural communities to broadband. They are determined and ambitious and push into areas which other companies have avoided. I am delighted they are now pressing ahead in Eden and I wish them and the communities, with which they are working, all the best.".
We have been continuing to extend our trench this week and will continue next week in order for ducting to be laid and a fibre optic cable pulled through. This will then be ready to connect to trunk fibre optic cabling already in the ground which will take us to Manchester where we can 'break out' onto the internet and begin providing services to customers...
Well done Craig - hope you'll find time today to take a break and have a cup of tea!
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin. Looking forward to being able to hook people up to our network shortly when our backhaul link goes live. We will keep everyone updated...
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