Crosby Ravensworth Parish Council Provisionally Agree To Support A CIC
07/12/2010 in Big Society, Broadband by Charles Paxton
by Charles Paxton
Yesterday evening Crosby Parish Council voted unanimously to support NextGenUs CIC plan provided that there is sufficient local demand. Though many were still unclear about how much they’d benefit personally, the puissant observation that this was a long term decision and that other Parishioners and generations of Parishioners might benefit more was persuasive. I would like to praise and thank our Parish Council for their wise decision. This is an important landmark event because our Parish council has clout and can help encourage cooperation, negotiate wayleaves and grant permission dig on Parish land and to erect poles if necessary. Craig Brass of NextGenUs reminded us that the service would be future-proof, the same fibre could deliver 1 Gbps service if people wanted to upgrade. He clarified the distinction between domestic and business premises (cottage businesses get the same terms as homes because they serve as homes) reiterated his offer of free service to our village halls and offered our school 100 Mbps fibre to the premises for the same price that they’re currently paying for about 10Mbps. The actual cost to connect a home would be somewhere between £600 and £1000, but we are being offered this for £149.99 if we can dig the fibre back from the perimeter of our premises to the home – the rest of the cost difference would be bridged by very patient finance. What a lovely phrase – most welcome in this age of pinched finances.
This strikes me as an exceptionally good offer – but it is contingent upon community sign-up. Can we do it?
We need to organise teams of volunteer diggers to help elderly or infirm folk complete the last yards to their homes. It’s time to dig again for victory folks. Please can each village’s broadband champion in Leith-Lyvennet area put the word out that we need digger teams? The old adage is true, many hands do make light work! In this case the infrared light that will work for us in wonderous ways bringing the world to us and us to the world!
We now need 80-90% of existing broadband users to switch to our Community Interest Company Communications project. People new to broadband will be very welcome to join too, of course. 100% take up would enable faster expansion of best service to the more outlying homes.
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Hmm. Yes, I can see that you do need some help with English communication. Video conferencing can make one-to-one language practice very convenient!
(I removed your attached link, not out of disrespect, but because it led nowhere.) Do add it again when your site is fixed up.
Best wishes,
Charles
Did someone say hen house? I might be in the market for one…
Hello Kate,
Christian Barnes of Vistaprojects is making them.
http://www.vistaprojects.co.uk/
christian@vistaprojects.co.uk
Regards
Charles
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