News from Blackdown Hills Parish Network
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BHPN asks: WHY are Devon & Somerset getting no additional broadband support before 2025?
Project Gigabit and CDS - The BHPN refutes the claim that CDS is fully committed to supporting better connectivity for all communities in the region. Devon & Somerset, through Connecting Devon & Somerset (CDS), have been excluded from a £5B government funded...
New Leaders for the AONB Partnership group
https://blackdownhillsaonb.org.uk/new-chair-and-vice-chairs-for-blackdown-hills-aonb-partnership/
Open letter to Government re Lock Down life in the Hills
The BHPN Steering Group has today written an open letter to the Government pointing out that Connecting Devon & Somerset have still not let a contract to complete Phase 2 High speed Broadband rollout to their rural communities. They were allocated £27m eight years...
Virtual Parish Council meetings during Covid-19 pandemic
FAO ALL PARISH CLERKS in the Blackdown Hills AONB These extraordinary times of social distancing and restrictions to movement have brought changes to the way Parish Councils conduct their business. You may already be aware that in the Statutory Instrument of the...
Agenda for General Meeting Feb 27
General Meeting Thursday February 27th 2020 Broadhembury Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm, Refreshments served from 7.15pm Agenda 7.30 Introductions 7.35 Guest speaker: Giles Perkins, WSP's Head of Future Mobility in the UK (and Devon resident) will talk about...
Next General Meeting February 27th
The next BHPN meeting will be in Broadhembury Memorial Hall on Thursday Feb 27th at 7.30pm. All welcome. There will be reports from the three main workgroups (Housing & Planning, Communications/Broadband, Traffic, Transport & Highways) and discussion around...
Update on ultrafast Broadband roll out in rural Devon & Somerset
You may be aware that in September 2018, Connecting Devon & Somerset put their five contracts with Gigaclear on hold after Gigaclear failed to deliver the number of fibre broadband connections required by the contract. That has been followed on September 12, 2019,...
CDS cancel Gigaclear superfast broadband contracts
Hopes of fibre broadband in Somerset and Devon being rolled out any time soon have vanished, thanks to CDS CANCELLING their contracts with Gigaclear. Graham Long, BHPN's broadband correspondent,has written to Devon and Somerset MPs and this is worth reading, CDS...
2019 AGM…. Wednesday June 26
The AGM of the Network will be on June 26th at 7 for a 7.30 start in CLAYHIDON PARISH HALL (directions here). The discussion topic is Protecting Rural Assets to be Sustainable: the pros and cons of taking on a community asset and providing services in the Blackdown...
BHPN asks: WHY are Devon & Somerset getting no additional broadband support before 2025?
Project Gigabit and CDS - The BHPN refutes the claim that CDS is fully committed to supporting better connectivity for all communities in the region. Devon & Somerset, through Connecting Devon & Somerset (CDS), have been excluded from a £5B government funded...
New Leaders for the AONB Partnership group
https://blackdownhillsaonb.org.uk/new-chair-and-vice-chairs-for-blackdown-hills-aonb-partnership/
Open letter to Government re Lock Down life in the Hills
The BHPN Steering Group has today written an open letter to the Government pointing out that Connecting Devon & Somerset have still not let a contract to complete Phase 2 High speed Broadband rollout to their rural communities. They were allocated £27m eight years...
Virtual Parish Council meetings during Covid-19 pandemic
FAO ALL PARISH CLERKS in the Blackdown Hills AONB These extraordinary times of social distancing and restrictions to movement have brought changes to the way Parish Councils conduct their business. You may already be aware that in the Statutory Instrument of the...
Agenda for General Meeting Feb 27
General Meeting Thursday February 27th 2020 Broadhembury Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm, Refreshments served from 7.15pm Agenda 7.30 Introductions 7.35 Guest speaker: Giles Perkins, WSP's Head of Future Mobility in the UK (and Devon resident) will talk about...
Next General Meeting February 27th
The next BHPN meeting will be in Broadhembury Memorial Hall on Thursday Feb 27th at 7.30pm. All welcome. There will be reports from the three main workgroups (Housing & Planning, Communications/Broadband, Traffic, Transport & Highways) and discussion around...
Update on ultrafast Broadband roll out in rural Devon & Somerset
You may be aware that in September 2018, Connecting Devon & Somerset put their five contracts with Gigaclear on hold after Gigaclear failed to deliver the number of fibre broadband connections required by the contract. That has been followed on September 12, 2019,...
CDS cancel Gigaclear superfast broadband contracts
Hopes of fibre broadband in Somerset and Devon being rolled out any time soon have vanished, thanks to CDS CANCELLING their contracts with Gigaclear. Graham Long, BHPN's broadband correspondent,has written to Devon and Somerset MPs and this is worth reading, CDS...
BHPN asks: WHY are Devon & Somerset getting no additional broadband support before 2025?
Project Gigabit and CDS - The BHPN refutes the claim that CDS is fully committed to supporting better connectivity for all communities in the region. Devon & Somerset, through Connecting Devon & Somerset (CDS), have been excluded from a £5B government funded...
New Leaders for the AONB Partnership group
https://blackdownhillsaonb.org.uk/new-chair-and-vice-chairs-for-blackdown-hills-aonb-partnership/
Open letter to Government re Lock Down life in the Hills
The BHPN Steering Group has today written an open letter to the Government pointing out that Connecting Devon & Somerset have still not let a contract to complete Phase 2 High speed Broadband rollout to their rural communities. They were allocated £27m eight years...
Virtual Parish Council meetings during Covid-19 pandemic
FAO ALL PARISH CLERKS in the Blackdown Hills AONB These extraordinary times of social distancing and restrictions to movement have brought changes to the way Parish Councils conduct their business. You may already be aware that in the Statutory Instrument of the...
Agenda for General Meeting Feb 27
General Meeting Thursday February 27th 2020 Broadhembury Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm, Refreshments served from 7.15pm Agenda 7.30 Introductions 7.35 Guest speaker: Giles Perkins, WSP's Head of Future Mobility in the UK (and Devon resident) will talk about...
Next General Meeting February 27th
The next BHPN meeting will be in Broadhembury Memorial Hall on Thursday Feb 27th at 7.30pm. All welcome. There will be reports from the three main workgroups (Housing & Planning, Communications/Broadband, Traffic, Transport & Highways) and discussion around...
Update on ultrafast Broadband roll out in rural Devon & Somerset
You may be aware that in September 2018, Connecting Devon & Somerset put their five contracts with Gigaclear on hold after Gigaclear failed to deliver the number of fibre broadband connections required by the contract. That has been followed on September 12, 2019,...
CDS cancel Gigaclear superfast broadband contracts
Hopes of fibre broadband in Somerset and Devon being rolled out any time soon have vanished, thanks to CDS CANCELLING their contracts with Gigaclear. Graham Long, BHPN's broadband correspondent,has written to Devon and Somerset MPs and this is worth reading, CDS...