[NA-Discuss] DIY Broadband- High Speed solutions for remote areas

[Garth Bruen]

On the last call there was some discussion about slow speeds in Canada

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areas

And this relates to NARALO, how?

j

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Glenn McKnight <glenn.mcknight at ieee.org>
wrote:
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/02/14/172011262/diy-br
> oadband-comes-to-the-english-countryside
>
>
>
> In a fast-moving world, people from all over have demanded faster 
> Internet speeds. But when you live out in the middle of nowhere, you 
> can feel like you're in the Internet slow lane because broadband just
isn't available.
>
> Residents of England's rural Lancashire decided that enough was enough 
> with their slow, limited connections. They came to the conclusion that 
> no major supplier would be out their way anytime soon, the BBC 
> reports<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21442348>.
> Broadband companies said it would be too expensive to wire up the 
> sparsely populated area.
>
> So Lancashire residents took matters into their own hands and 
> createdB4RN<http://b4rn.org.uk/> (pronounced
> "barn") - Broadband for the Rural North.
> [image: In much of America, the availability of online video is often 
> frustrated by slow broadband speeds. In this 2011 photo, Valerie Houde 
> waits for a dial-up Internet connection in East Burke, 
> Vt.]<http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/10/25/163570116/w
> atching-tv-online-often-exposes-slow-bandwidth>
> All Tech Considered 
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/>Watching
> TV Online Often Exposes Slow
> Bandwidth<http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/10/25/163570
> 116/watching-tv-online-often-exposes-slow-bandwidth>
> [image: Broadband Internet access at
> home.]<http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/03/23/149215373
> /tracking-high-speed-internet-in-your-neighborhood>
> All Tech Considered 
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/>Tracking
> High-Speed Internet In Your
> Neighborhood<http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/03/23/149
> 215373/tracking-high-speed-internet-in-your-neighborhood>
>
> Funded and operated by volunteers in the community, B4RN digs trenches 
> to lay the fiber optic wires necessary to connect the residents to 
> super-high-speed Internet for less than $50 per month.
>
> A few locals have already been hooked up to the local network and 
> their once ancient and tired computers are catching up with the times. 
> Resident Harry Ball tells the BBC he's thrilled to be getting download 
> speeds of 500 Mbps. "That's fabulous, isn't it?" he says.
>
> By comparison, the average U.S. Internet connection speed is a pokey 
> 7.2 Mbps and the U.K. average is 6.3 Mbps, according to 
> Akamai<http://www.akamai.com/dl/akamai/q3_2012_soti_infographic.pdf>.
> But both lag behind South Korea, which averages 14.7 Mbps (with 
> average peaks of 48.8 Mbps).
>
> Watch the BBC's report <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21455795>.
>
>
>
> Glenn McKnight, B.A, M.A
> Chair: Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities(FBSC) IEEE HIC  
> Committee Member IEEE PES CSI  Committee Member ICANN NARALO Member 
> Oshawa, Ontario Canada glenn.mcknight at ieee.org
> SKYPE:   gmcknight
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