News archive: B4RN & Emtelle Show-Tell Day #7

March 4th, 2015
Author: Chris Conder
Tags: community education emtelle ftth ftthshowtell knowledge lancaster rural broadband ruralbroadband
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Update. 24th March.

Another great day, with fantastic visitors and demos. The cake was awesome too, superb catering by a local lady, much tea, a grand day. Photos on our facebook album because that is the easiest place to put them! You don’t have to join facebook to look at them. Click here

It’s time for another Show-Tell day. These now legendary events are an opportunity to meet up with like minded folk to learn and share the knowledge of rural broadband deployment. These are great events for communities who want to learn how deploy a community based world class broadband.

The date for the seventh Show-Tell day is set for the 24th March 2015. These events have been extremely popular and have allowed valuable information to be shared. It includes field visits to see various aspects of the B4RN community fibre broadband deployment.

B4RN Emtelle Show-Tell #7

The event, as before will be jointly hosted by B4RN and Emtelle in Lancaster and the surrounding B4RN area. The day will focus on sharing experiences and demonstrating installation techniques for rural fibre to the home/broadband initiatives.
Topics to be covered include:-

Customer Engagement
Product Selection
Network Planning
Content
Active Equipment
Hands on demonstrations
Field trip

We hope you will be able to join us for a fully interactive day! It is advised that due to the locations visited on the field trip that delegates bring suitable clothing such as a raincoat and walking boots or wellies!

Best regards

Barry Forde CEO, B4RN and Steven King Chief Commercial Officer, Emtelle

Please register for attendance by emailing info@emtelle.com. You we be sent further details regarding the full agenda and location.

Please use the same address for any other enquiries in connection with the event.

The Twitter hash tag for the event is #FTTHshowTell

For anyone who has not attended one of these events, an excellent write up was provided by Vicki Turk, UK Editor of Motherboard and can be seen here. There are also several photos from the event on the B4RN Facebook page.

Here is a recent video that shows what activity is taking place in B4RNland and how this sort of project can transform your community.

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