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The company behind the Spurn Point deployment, Fibrestream, is headed up by Guy Jarvis, an ex-director of the Community Broadband Network.
"We wanted to do this for them as a way of saying thank you to them for the work they do in terms of life-saving," Jarvis said.
He explained that Fibrestream had organised the deployment among its various suppliers, ranging from local companies to multinationals. "We came together originally back in May. We met the crew, and from that we pulled the project together."
Fibrestream has an unusual wholesale-style model, in that it keeps the fibres it deploys lit, but is "not interested in offering retail services" except in the case of market failure, Jarvis said.
"The community must own it," he added.
Talkback
Bloody brilliant :D fantastic way to tackling broadband issues that involve small rural community's it just goes to show that the likes of big corporate companies operate on a fad basis, and they should hang there heads in shame!
I hope that all the companies involved documented the way on how they where able to do this, as so to lay precedence on a how to basis for others to follow the fine example put into practice here.
Win!
I think BT should get out of the telecoms market. The advertising hype does not seem to meet the reality.
Bills go up, service quality reduces. Users are now forced to fund the infrastructure through an additional phone bill tax. Next BT will be expecting us to pay more for the improved service which our taxes provide!
I get the same. BT are a load of rubbish when it comes to installing broadband outside their catchment area. I live 1 mile from the local exchange and still cannot get more than 1.2 MB broadband. I have tried switching providers who promise the earth and still get the same crappy download speed, and I live 3 miles from the center of Manchester!
They never run out of excuses for providing poor services.
I'd love to hear BT's response to this story.
Why did they want/need broadband?
In an emergencey, quick access to detailed maps, weather conditions, other emergenty services etc. can quite easily literally save lives.
Such access can also drive down admin costs of a grossly undefunded organisation.
However, it doesn't help support bankers pensions so I guess it's not very important.