{"id":32658,"date":"2014-05-08T04:13:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T04:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/elmerseason-motherboardtv-this-rural\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T12:53:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:53:52","slug":"elmerseason-motherboardtv-this-rural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/elmerseason-motherboardtv-this-rural\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-32658 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/elmerseason-motherboardtv-this-rural\/attachment\/32659\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n57trwxzVG1qb65wgo1_640-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elmerseason.tumblr.com\/post\/85088456091\/motherboardtv-this-rural-community-is-building\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">elmerseason<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/motherboardtv.tumblr.com\/post\/85076025665\/this-rural-community-is-building-its-own-gigabit\">motherboardtv<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/Qf2ucx\">This Rural Community Is Building Its Own Gigabit Fibre Network<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;The parish of Borwick is hardly where you\u2019d expect to find a grassroots techno-revolution. Not far from the historic city of Lancaster, it has a population of around 210, and is an example of archetypal British countryside. Look around and you\u2019ll see green fields in every direction, broken up only by leafy hedges and a healthy smattering of sheep. When I visit in early April, the trees are still spindly silhouettes, just starting to get their leaves, and newborn lambs lay close to their mothers. If it weren\u2019t for the odd power line and a nearby wind turbine, the scene could grace an Easter card from centuries past.<\/p>\n<p>But while the landscape may be idyllic in its timeless charm, the residents of Borwick and the surrounding rural area are moving with the times\u2014and looking toward the future. They\u2019re among the UK\u2019s rural residents who still lack a fast, reliable internet connection, and though they\u2019re geographically remote, they\u2019re keen to get connected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by the major internet service providers and failed attempts to get local government funding, they\u2019re going it alone. They\u2019re building their own fibre network\u2014digging the routes, laying the fibre, splicing the wires\u2014and it\u2019s not just superfast\u00a0but hyperfast,\u00a0bringing broadband speeds of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/b4rn.org.uk\/services\">one\u00a0gigabit per second<\/a>\u00a0to every home.\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/this-rural-community-is-building-its-own-gigabit-fibre-network\">READ MORE<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>elmerseason: motherboardtv: This Rural Community Is Building Its Own Gigabit Fibre Network &ldquo;The parish of Borwick is hardly where you\u2019d expect to find a grassroots techno-revolution. Not far from the historic city of Lancaster, it has a population of around 210, and is an example of archetypal British countryside. 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