If you would like to hear more of the advantages that high-speed broadband can bring to homes and businesses then come along to Weaverthorpe Village Hall at 7.30pm on Thursday 29^th March 2012 when the Steering Group for the Community Broadband Project is meeting.   This is not a commercial sales pitch but a bid to bring some of the benefits enjoyed by urban residents to our rural valley; this is a community-led project to obtain government funding allocated to rural development.   So whether your children are into on-line gaming or course work, whether you want to ‘Skype’ with friends and relatives, whether you use Tesco or Asda.com, or download films, music or e-books, whether you need to complete government returns on-line, whether you would like to use your mobile ‘phone at home, whether your business needs to interact with remote servers or upload large files – whatever your communication needs now and in the future, come and find out more, completely without commitment.   We look forward to meeting you then!

Karl Tumman (karltumman@pinfold-bc.com)

Whether it be for gaming, distance learning, business, on-line submissions to government agencies, or entertainment, the communities in the Great Wold Valley (Wharram to Foxholes) and Thixendale have the opportunity to access government funding to bring highspeed broadband into the valley – but only if we can demonstrate a demand for it.   If you believe that a reliable, highspeed broadband  (>10Mbps upload and download) could benefit you, your family or your business (regardless of how far you are from a telephone exchange), then please take a few minutes to complete the brief questionnaire on line by clicking here Questionnaire for completion . Once you have downloaded the document, save it on your computer and then e-mail to the website address, which is luttonsandweaverthorpewebsite@hotmail.co.uk

If you prefer a paper copy, one will be enclosed with the next issue of the Warbler.

Once completed and sent in either the electronic or paper questionnaire will be accepted as an ‘expression of interest’, without any commitment, that will allow an assessment of the possible take-up if the project goes ahead.

More information about the Project can be found by clicking here NYCC Connecting North Yorkshire

Please click here to find the first edition of Broad Band Matters.  The newsletter sets out to keep you up to date with the High Speed Broad Band Project currently running along the valley and to Thixendale. 

Broadband Matters – No 1