Here is a Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband, 35 Times Faster Than Average
Christine Condor, a self-described farmer’s wife has created a local broadband network named B4RN. It is 35 times faster than average UK internet connection speed
Meet The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband, 35 Times Faster Than Average
Well, we all must agree that slow or
negligible internet connection is one of the major problems today. This
problem became worse in underdeveloped locations. In most cases,
customers can’t do anything till the govt. or ISP/mobile companies takes
some initiatives and provide new towers/lines in the area.
However, Christine Condor, a
self-described farmer’s wife decided to solve this perennial internet
connection problems by building their Broadband station. Well, thanks to
her DIY solution to her neighbor’s internet connectivity problems, she
has turned herself into a revolutionary internet pioneer.
It simply happened in the year 2009 when
she attempted to enhance the connectivity which evolved into B4RN, an
internet service provider (ISP) providing one gigabit per second
broadband speed to the residents of Lune Valley, Lancashire.
As this was also encouraged by the tall
trees which divide her farm from the nearest wireless pole and degraded
the signal. However, there are no alternatives available, so she
purchased a kilometer of fiber optic cable and dug a trench for the
cable using her tractor.
The results were amazing, the average UK
internet speed was 28.9 Mbps whereas Christine’s internet speed was
approximately 35 times faster. Her entire infrastructure is fibre-optic
cable right to the homes.
B4RN now claims that they have laid
2,000 miles (3,218km) of cable and connected a string of local parishes
to its network and Christine’s services have also been recognized by the
Queen, she was even awarded an MBE in 2015
You can find out more about her by reading the original story from BBC
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