A village in Cumbria called Alston Moor (which the locals refer to as “England’s last wilderness”) is to get fibre broadband even though BT said that it was “unviable” to put even standard broadband to it.
The reason it is getting the fibre broadband is because the villagers themselves are digging the trenches for the fibre optic cables and going to get it installed themselves.
Back in 2002, Dabiel Heery started a project called “Cybermoor” which brought broadband to the area, it cost households £350 for the equipment and £65 for the connection but now the locals want to go faster.
The fibre broadband is going to be delivered via the fibre optic cables that will have a microwave link to the Tees Valley and will provide broadband speeds of 20Mb with the aim for this to rise up to 100Mb in the future.
Broadband and the effect they have on property prices can be seen here alone, with property prices rising around 20-25% according to the local estate agents just for the area having broadband.