The house connections have commenced for those properties directly connected to the B4RN cabinet, this includes properties on Morewood Drive & Boon Walks.
We await B4RN blowing and splicing the core route fibres but we have a continuous run of conduit from Dalton all the way to the B4RN cabinet at Burton Morewood School. We are on a short list of projects in B4RN space to get this done imminently.
B4RN have carried out the Caterpillar Walk Crossing.
B4RN have carried out the road crossing across Vicarage Lane. This means we have a continuous conduit run from Dalton to the B4RN cabinet at Burton Morewood School.
We have dug a trench behind the B4RN cabinet to allow an electrical connection to be made to the school next week.
We’ve had a really busy day digging today, thank you to our volunteers who helped in the baking heat and humidity, Steve Thexton, Ollie Craig, and Martin Sansby.
We’ve dug in the last 80 metres of core conduit from the back of Morewood Drive and linked it to the final chamber on route one. This means we need a road crossing for Vicarage Lane and a pedestrian crossing for Caterpillar walk (both booked in with B4RN civil team) to give us a continuous run from the school cabinet to Dalton where the connection is live.
My favourite quote of the day was from Steve Thexton who likened installing B4RN in these conditions to installing high speed internet in a tropical rainforest!
B4RN is coming along and we should start mole ploughing fields in the next week or so (weather dependant).
Firstly to express an interest, go HERE
We are now looking for investment in the project. Interest is paid from day one at 5% subject to minimum investment term of 3 years and interest rates subject to annual review. Invest £1,500 and get a free connection (usual cost £150). People can invest by visiting HERE
We have a good team assembling who are going door to door with this information, are you able to help with your area? Do you know anyone else who may be able to help us? If so please contact us as soon as possible.
We are working hard behind the scenes to bring the B4RN hyperfast broadband service to everyone in Burton & Clawthorpe. This is a passive phase of the project where a large amount of preparatory work has and continues to been done to ensure wayleave agreements are signed so the fibres can legally cross people’s land. The core routes are starting to form especially to the school. Some land is proving difficult to gain wayleave agreement through land ownership issues but we are stepping through this in a methodical way to resolve issues as they arise. Getting this phase right makes the installation much easier.
Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) is a professionally designed fibre optic broadband network, run for the community, by the community. They offer 1,000Mbps (1 Gigabit per second) fibre to the Home or Business for every property in their coverage area. We now have the opportunity to get B4RN to Burton-in-Kendal served from the cabinet that is being installed at the new Church Bank Gardens development.
Benefits of B4RN
• Hyperfast: Speeds of 1Gbps. Every member of your household/business can use fast broadband without frustration. Great for video calls like Skype and Facetime.
• Unlimited: Great for streaming – no more buffering Netflix and iPlayer!
• Reliable: Doesn’t use any overhead copper landlines, so won’t drop out in a storm.
• Affordable: Slower ‘superfast’ providers struggle to match B4RN on price (B4RN don’t charge a line rental and you can dispense with your landline once you have B4RN installed).
• Supportive: Office hours support from their base in Melling, next day call out and 24/7 support contract for core network issues.
• Adds Value/Attractiveness to home/business: Local estate agents have started displaying the B4RN logo as a selling point for homes within the B4RN area.
• Tax Efficient Investments: HMRC Enterprise Investment Scheme compliant (30% tax relief).
Why B4RN for Burton-in-Kendal?
With current speeds around 30Mbps, which often drop at peak times, residents of Burton who we have spoken to are keen to future proof their homes with access to full fibre internet. We are luckier than most rural communities as the Burton Telephone Exchange in Boon Town has been fibre enabled but we are still reliant on copper lines to our homes. Only B4RN is offering fibre to our homes, with speeds far above today’s requirement. It is right on our doorstep, and through the volunteer-led nature of the business, it is never going to be more cost effective than now to take this up.
How do we get it?
The core B4RN network is serving properties in Dalton. The core trunk route has been mole ploughed in past the hamlet of Dalton itself and is planned to then complete the loop by connecting to the new cabinet at Church Bank Gardens. If this is going to happen we need you, the property owners in Burton-in-Kendal, investing in B4RN with your energy and enthusiasm, by registering an interest or you can also invest financially (detailed illustrations are available on the B4RN website, B4RN.org.uk) As a community, we need to plan and dig the route, especially the spurs to our homes. We also need teas brewed and cakes baked to feed a hungry B4RN community volunteer workforce! This is a great opportunity to bring the community together.
INTERESTED?
We urge everyone to get on board and if nothing else please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to express your views about installing B4RN in Burton.
We have set up a Facebook page at fb.me/B4RN4burton , and will soon have a webpage via www.burtonweb.org.uk.
Mike Iddon (Morewood Drive) and Francis Mason-Hornby (Dalton Hall)
We had a well attended B4RN community meeting in the village hall on Wednesday 18 April. Dave Ryall from B4RN gave a presentation to the local community about the next steps involved in this exciting project. There were a selection of B4RN champions from other villages who have already completed this project, they were kept busy with questions about how to install B4RN and what the benefits have been to their communities.
In summary for those who could not attend the next steps for the project are to:
Benefits of B4RN:
For more information or to offer help contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit Facebook page fb.me/b4rn4burton
Mike Iddon and Ollie Craig (Morewood Drive), Pete McFarlane (The Square) and Francis Mason-Hornby (Dalton Hall)