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Villagers dig 40 mile trench to lay their own cable for Broadband
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22-04-2012 11:02am#1Can't see this happening here in Ireland but villagers in part of England that was told they wouldn't be getting broadband have taken matters into their own hands and started digging a 40 mile trench to lay cable which will provide them with broadband.
Each person who gets connected pays £150 connection fee then £30 a month plus they can buy shares in the company.
It's a great idea imo and an example of how people took things into their own hands to get decent broadband.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133261/The-Dig-Society-action-In-scene-worthy-Ealing-comedy-villagers-waiting-broadband-create-40-MILE-trench-lay-cable.html
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Exactly what is needed in rural Ireland and with a bankrupt eircom that will not have enough cash to upgrade rural broadband beyond the normally current 7.6mbit speeds.
eircom will spend the bit of cash they have in urban areas, then they will go into examinership AGAIN in around 4 years time.
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There is an ever simpler and quicker way to do this, have a look at this promo youtube video from Swedish digger manufacturer Hud-Dig, the interesting bit is 2.36 in.
of course we could never do this here, it would be too simple and make too much sense, and that would never do
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Can't see this happening here in Ireland but villagers in part of England that was told they wouldn't be getting broadband have taken matters into their own hands and started digging a 40 mile trench to lay cable which will provide them with broadband.
Each person who gets connected pays £150 connection fee then £30 a month plus they can buy shares in the company.
It's a great idea imo and an example of how people took things into their own hands to get decent broadband.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133261/The-Dig-Society-action-In-scene-worthy-Ealing-comedy-villagers-waiting-broadband-create-40-MILE-trench-lay-cable.html
Might be a good idea forwarding this on the government sources (communications department) as the tend to be slow on forwarding thinking. Its something that should be done here.
Might be a good idea forwarding this on the Irish government so they might bring this idea to the Irish people. It does my head in i can't upgrade (live in rural area) while city areas across the country can enjoy speeds upgrades from different providers all the time. It seems me to the DSL providers at the moment are only providing what Eircom does. Very little investment is being made by other providers.0 -
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There is an ever simpler and quicker way to do this, have a look at this promo youtube video from Swedish digger manufacturer Hud-Dig, the interesting bit is 2.36 in.
of course we could never do this here, it would be too simple and make too much sense, and that would never do
Eircom (well Telecom Eireann at the time) put miles of cables underground around here with a machine like that about 10 years ago, copper not fiber unfortunately.0 -
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There is an ever simpler and quicker way to do this, have a look at this promo youtube video from Swedish digger manufacturer Hud-Dig, the interesting bit is 2.36 in.
of course we could never do this here, it would be too simple and make too much sense, and that would never do
I've laid cable using a similar set-up.It's pretty simple really & the cable is buried deep enough so as not to be caught with a plough if it's laid through fields.
But as you said doing it makes too much sense and is too cost efficient so wouldn't be done in this country.0 -
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