B4RN and its army of volunteers have been nominated for an award by ISPA! The Internet Services Providers’ Association has announced its finalists – with B4RN up for the “Best Rural ISP” prize. We’re among 33 finalists across 12 categories – but one shortlist has yet to be announced for the Internet Hero, which we … [Read more…]
People living in Caton Village will soon be able to enjoy gigabit broadband, thanks to local volunteers and B4RN. The third project for B4RN’s village build programme, called ‘B4RN Village’, has started! Caton Village is the latest area to benefit – a gigabit network to serve nearly a thousand properties will be built. This has … [Read more…]
Construction work for the ‘B4RN Village’ project in Halton has finished! All routes are live or fully ducted (with core fibre and further connections to follow). People in Halton can sign up for gigabit broadband at b4rn.org.uk/getb4rn. If you’re stuck in a deal with another provider, you could take advantage of Connect+ (full details at … [Read more…]
B4RN volunteers are among those recognised by the Lancaster District CVS Volunteer Achievement Awards. The awards (held 3rd June) had to be an online event on this occasion, celebrating volunteers’ dedication to their community. This year, there were no categories or ‘winners’ – EVERYBODY deserves recognition! Below, we highlight a number of B4RN volunteers who … [Read more…]
B4RN has been presented as a solution during a TV show about the eye-watering quotes some people are given to get decent broadband. Rip Off Britain did a segment about the five and six figure prices people in hard-to-reach places are being given by companies like OpenReach to connect them to better internet. Volunteers with … [Read more…]
B4RN founder Chris Conder features for the Women in Fibre Initiative (WiFi) this month. The Inititiative, started by Fibre People, aims “to help close the gender gap in Fibre, working with exceptional women across the Fibre Industry.” The first post about the interview on LinkedIn can be found by clicking here or you can see … [Read more…]
A newly connected church in the Allen Valleys now plans to live stream all its services, thanks to B4RN. Holy Trinity in Whitfield got its gigabit symmetrical connection in March thanks to the hard work of local volunteers with B4AV. Like dozens of other places of worship throughout the B4RN network, Holy Trinity will receive … [Read more…]
B4RN is working with national and local government to make sure the best funding is available for our projects, following the announcement of Project Gigabit. The government’s outlined how £1.25bn of an eventual £5bn pot will be spent, with the aim of delivering gigabit-capable infrastructure to 85% of the country by 2025. Funding will be … [Read more…]
B4RN is now live on Compare Fibre. It’s a fast-growing comparison site aiming to be AltNet champions. It also only champions full fibre – offering an impartial and independent environment for people to look at their options. Check out their community page too, where discussion topics include rural broadband.
“All I want for Christmas (2021) is B4RN Broadband – would make ‘Staying at Home’ so much more bearable” – Dick, future B4RN customer. Communities in North Tyne and Redesdale can look forward to receiving B4RN’s gigabit broadband. With the help of a small team of local volunteers (B4NTR), a civil engineering team from B4RN … [Read more…]