Have you heard about B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North)? One of the most amazing community projects I've ever heard of. They're using volunteers to dig trenc

Have you heard about B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North)? One of the most amazing community projects I've ever heard of. They're using volunteers to dig trenches to massively cut the cost of delivering 1Gbps broadband to rural homes via fiber to the home (FTTH). Because farmers agree to let a trench be dug in their fields (getting insane broadband speeds and increased property values in return) and the trenches are dug by volunteers, it's possible to deliver 1Gbps for £30/month. All this means that it becomes more economical to deliver broadband in rural areas where you don't need to tear up streets and and you don't need huge population density to justify the initial costs of laying fiber. BBC did a story about them recently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21442348 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21442348