Rutland Telecom - an example for many rural parishes
Rutland Telecom has today launched a high speed broadband service in the village of Lyddington in Leicestershire. Village residents and businesses will expect to receive broadband speeds of up to 40Mbps, with average speeds reaching 25Mbps, putting the rural village at the centre of Broadband Britain, with services comparable to, if not sometimes better than, those in the centre of London and other cities.
The service is delivered using VDSL2 equipment from Zhone Technologies which are housed inside a street cabinet, similar to those BT is erecting in many urban areas at the moment. This cabinet, acting as a 'mini telephone exchange' is then connected to the BT cabinet in a process known as 'sub-loop unbundling' with Rutland Telecom being responsible for the backhaul from the cabinet all the way to the Internet.
Suffolk Online's view is that whilst it may not be a template it is certainly a fantastic example of where if the "wil" of the people is great enough that community action can have a fantastic impact. Ultimately with the tax increase now now going ahead in the Digital Economy bill this may be the only way forward for rural parishes.
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- Submitted on: Wednesday 21st April 2010 @ 4:57 pm
- Submitted by: SOL Support
