Hi Neil
We are prepare to put our names forward for one of the high speed contracts
provided we are not committed to a long term contract ie. 3 years or more.
My business is registered at my accountants with Companies House although I am
based from home on Primrose Close. Is this going to cause a problem?
Regards
Glenn Blanchard2 Primrose Close
On Friday, 8 June 2018, 10:24, Neil Brown <heathfields@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good News – but we still have a long way to go and we need more help.We now
have some indication of the overall project cost from BT Openreach and how much
funding we, our community, will need to provide. We have a viable project, one
which Openreach will be able to deliver within the timescale. It’s a question
of if can we raise the funding to cover our side of the build costs.As
previously mentioned there are three options to fund our project:
- Self-Funding where we raise the money from the community.
- Government Funding Programme.
- Combination of Self and Government funding.
We intend to take the Option #2 route of Government Funding. That way we will
cover the entire project cost. Meaning that we can all get fibre optic
installed to our properties for free. Absolutely zero to pay for the network
construction.There is a catch. In order to qualify for government funding, we
must have a number of working connections as soon as the network is built.
Those connections must be 100Mbs+ connection speeds. If we don’t have those
connections, then the government won’t provide the money and we will need to
pay BT Openreach for the work of building the network.If you are a resident and
you are confident that you intend to install a 100Mbs+ connection please get in
touch with me through heathfields@xxxxxxxxx and I’ll get back to you with some
more information.To put this briefly into context the fibre broadband packages
from the various ISP’s tent to be provided at four levels.
- ~40Mbs
- ~80Mbs
- ~160Mbs
- ~320Mbs
Each level has a greater per month charge. Taking up a 100Mbs+ connection
therefore means that you would be taking one of the more expensive ISP
packages. You of course get more network speed, but as a bonus you qualify for
project funding and help to cover the network build costs.We do need several
dedicated residents for our project to be successful but do only contact me if
you think you might be interested. I’ll setup a meeting with you and talk you
through all of the points so that you are clear about what we are doing and
what your help would mean. You can then decide if you would be willing to help
the project or not. Neil
