{"id":4738,"date":"2016-05-16T09:46:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2016-05-16T09:46:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:46:03","slug":"wi-fi-broadband-could-be-a-reality-by-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4738","title":{"rendered":"WI-fi Broadband could be a reality by June"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A broadband Wi-Fi mast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faster Broadband will soon be on its way for the many people in Horsington who do not live within the reach of BT\u2019s superfast service.<\/strong> This will include most, if not all residents of Horsington Marsh, Cucklington and Stoke Trister. And the good news is that a \u00a3500 installation grant is available to every household which applies NOW.** This will cover installation costs, and the necessary Wi-Fi \u00a0infrastructure.<\/p>\n

And the better news is that, once installed, the Wi-Fi system appears to be only slightly more expensive than BT\u2019s superfast service.<\/p>\n

Your editor, who has a telephone and painfully \u00a0slow broadband service, will probably save around \u00a320 a month, since his current package does not include calls, but they are included in\u00a0 the combined broadband and phone package offered by Wessex Internet and \u00a0Vonage.<\/p>\n

Penny Nagle, who lives on Horsington Marsh, has been working tirelessly for several months to contact potential suppliers, organise grants and battle with the powers that be. \u00a0She has received assistance and moral support from local councillor Tim Inglefield, and our MP David Warburton.<\/p>\n

The details are a bit complicated, and set out in a consultation document from Wessex Broadband, which you can download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It can be summarised thus:<\/p>\n

The main wi-fi point will be erected at Coneygore Hill, Stoke Trister, and this will serve subsidiary points at\u00a0 Foxcombe Lane and South Cheriton. Households will be served by one of these, based on signal strength. An existing Wi-Fi point on Henstridge Marsh will complete the coverage down to Buckhorn Weston, Nyland and beyond. Buildings and trees can affect the signal.<\/p>\n

The Coneygore Hill Wi-Fi point is expected to be in service by the end of June and households in range will\u00a0 be able to connect shortly after completion. The others (Foxcombe Lane and South Cheriton) will have to wait until the subsidiary Wi-Fi points are confirmed.<\/p>\n

We understand they are still trying to obtain a site. Suggestions and volunteer equipment hosts wanted. They are very unobtrusive. (See previous articles).<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have not registered your interest, contact Penny Nagle<\/a> as soon as possible. Registering an interest does not mean a financial obligation at this stage.<\/p>\n

If you decide to come on board at a later date the voucher scheme may have expired, and you will face a big bill for installation.<\/p>\n

**You will receive the voucher if you have speeds of less than 2Mbps. \u00a0If you do, please take a screen grab (or photograph!) to send to Penny. \u00a0This is all that the voucher scheme requires to claim.<\/p>\n

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Chart: Typical costs for a Wi-Fi broadband.\u00a0 The comparisons with BT are somewhat spurious, but is shows what BT customers who have Superfast Broadband are paying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Faster Broadband will soon be on its way for the many people in Horsington who do not live within the reach of BT\u2019s superfast service. This will include most, if not all residents of Horsington Marsh, Cucklington and Stoke Trister. And the good news is that a \u00a3500 installation grant is available to every household … Continue reading “WI-fi Broadband could be a reality by June”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-1eq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4740,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions\/4740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}