On Wednesday July 23 2008 the BBC reported on the increasing interest in community focused, or so-called "DIY" fibre projects across the country. See the full story entitled DIY schemes for super-fast net here. The story highlights several of the key benefits that a high speed fibre network can deliver.
As well as the developments in Cumbria being coordinated by Daniel Heery that feature in the stroy there are also moves afoot in many other parts of the country. Notably for us here in West Yorkshire There is a nascent fibre campaign starting up in the neighbouring Calder Valley. Their Facebook Group can be found here. We hope to be working closely with the Calder Valley project over coming weeks and months.