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Wireless project to bring broadband to not-spots in Teesdale

Wednesday, 2nd April 2008

A well known problem with the variants of DSL available over a twisted copper pair are that performance degrades the further from the exchange, so cable broadband suffers from a concentration in built-up areas as well as little or no further network out build.

A multi-million pound project in the Teesdale and Weardale area is trying to address this problem of slow or no broadband access. The proposal is such that a system could be up and running within 15 months but this is all dependent on obtaining a grant from regional development agency One NorthEast. The Northern Echo website provides more background on what is going on in the area.

Eventual capacity may be 50 Mega bits per second (Mbps) with an initial speed of 10Mbps. However with a price of £20 to £30 a month many in the area who can get broadband for free or cost just £5 to £10 a month may not wish to swap & those with no service may even think twice

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