Tired of only 4Mb internet access? - Get out your pick and shovel and dig your own cable run:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...miles-trenches-faster-wifi-michaelston-y-fedw
Residents of a tiny Welsh village were so exasperated with their feeble internet connection that they decided to get together and dig 15 miles of trenches to lay their own super-fast cables.
Farmers, teachers and retired people in the village of Michaelston-y-Fedw – population about 300 – were among those who contributed thousands of volunteer hours to the effort.
The first households have just been connected and by the autumn 90% of homes in the village, which is tucked away in the countryside between Cardiff and Newport, should be enjoying an internet speed of 1,000 Mbps. The previous speed was just 4Mbps.
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...miles-trenches-faster-wifi-michaelston-y-fedw
Residents of a tiny Welsh village were so exasperated with their feeble internet connection that they decided to get together and dig 15 miles of trenches to lay their own super-fast cables.
Farmers, teachers and retired people in the village of Michaelston-y-Fedw – population about 300 – were among those who contributed thousands of volunteer hours to the effort.
The first households have just been connected and by the autumn 90% of homes in the village, which is tucked away in the countryside between Cardiff and Newport, should be enjoying an internet speed of 1,000 Mbps. The previous speed was just 4Mbps.
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