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  • 27-09-2002 6:14pm
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    Lemming
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    Story Here

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    Tuesday 24th September 2002


    DIY broadband
    12:44

    Two residents of Denham, a small village in Buckinghamshire, have decided to establish a wireless broadband network for villagers.

    Hooking into a leased line from nearby Hillingdon, a transmitter sitting atop a railway embankment will broadcast the wireless network to any villagers with a small, rooftop antenna and a wireless-capable computer.

    DenhamBroadband is intending to provide speeds equal to landline ADSL, and is hoping to keep costs in line with that. One of the scheme's organisers, Chris Wilkie, told us that it hopes to offer the antenna, cable and wireless card for around £150 and charge about £30 a month for access.

    Wilkie acted when it became clear that there was little chance of BT enabling the local exchange. Although the village is listed in BT's broadband demand survey, only 96 pre-registrations have been taken, 21 per cent of the 450 trigger level.

    Wilkie estimates that if only 20 to 30 people elect to sign up for DenhamBroadband then the service will be viable.

    The scheme has been made possible by changes this summer to the laws governing wireless networks. Prior to the changes, wireless networks based on the 802.11 standard could not be used for commercial gain. Nonetheless Wilkie has had to secure approval from the DTI and the Radio Authority.

    Simon Aughton


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