Villagers invited to chip in to speed up broadband
March 2021
Fed up with snail-slow broadband speeds, a village resident is leading a campaign to crowd fund a high speed fibre connection. Riverbank IT expert John McDermott (pictured) has been working with BT’s Open Reach, the service provider, to cost up the scheme.
He says: ‘With so many more people working from home as a result of the pandemic having a good broadband speed is essential.
‘Installing fibre would cost about £225,000 but with government subsidies the figure comes down to about £22,000 or £165 per household.’