Your Vote (and your Neighbours’) Really Count!

December 17, 2010

Please continue to vote for Goudhurst on the BT Race to Infinity on the link below: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE BT RACE TO INFINITY CAMPAIGN WEBSITE – THEN ENTER YOUR DETAILS ON THE SITE TO VOTE! If you have already voted, please ask your neighbours and friends in the Goudhurst area to vote! […]

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Broadband in Cumbria from Barry Forde

December 17, 2010

One of the government’s four pilot schemes is in Cumbria.  I was send the link for the following article written by Barry Forde who is one of the leading thinkers on Next Generation Broadband. http://broadbandcumbria.com/2010/12/15/broadband-nga-fttc-and-the-laws-of-unforeseen-consequences/ If you read the article, you will see practical examples of what is happening in Cumbria and that the subject […]

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Government Announces Broadband Strategy

December 6, 2010

Today, the Coalition Government announced its strategy to have “the best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015”. A good article on the pros and cons can be found here: http://www.trefor.net/2010/12/06/pros-and-cons-of-jeremy-hunt-superfast-broadband-strategy-document/comment-page-1/ The BBC TV commentary can be found here (with a video interview with Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11922424 […]

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A Brighter Picture: New Research from Ofcom

December 4, 2010

Last night we managed to get our 200th vote – a great achievement.  However, just to show how the race is hotting up, tonight we slipped down to #40 in the National League (out of 2495 eligible exchanges) – and we were over-taken by Brenchley – our next door neighbour!!  Nothing like a bit of […]

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Where do we stand in the World Rankings?

December 3, 2010

We still stand at #38 in the National League (out of 2495 eligible exchanges) – and Brenchley – our next door neighbour – has shot up the charts 10 places to #39 in the past 24 hours! Congratulations to them!  At least we have moved the centre of gravity of the race from Canterbury to […]

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Benefits of Broadband 2: Skype

December 2, 2010

We have made good progress today although remaining at #38.  The Scouts kindly agreed to help the campaign – and we are looking for other groups to help raise our score.  The official village website also announced the campaign with a new poster that you can find at the top of the site. If you […]

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Benefits of Broadband 1: Severe Weather

December 1, 2010

In the past 24 hours we have actually moved down the National League Tables one place to #38.  To sign up to the BT Race to Infinity Campaign and put us back up to #37 and lower, please ask click on the link below – or ask your neighbours and friends to do so if […]

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Goudhurst Now Leads the North Downs!!

November 30, 2010

Please continue to register your votes and campaign for the Goudhurst Exchange at: http://www.racetoinfinity.bt.com/ As of this evening, we overtook the final North Downs exchange, Bridge, Near Canterbury!!  More importantly, we have moved from #54 to #37 in the National Rankings out of 2,495 eligible exchanges!  A fantastic achievement in just 24 hours! We now […]

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We are now #54!!

November 29, 2010

We have made great progress over the weekend – moving up five places to #54!  As at 10.00 on Monday morning, we are now slightly over 14% of the potential total of 1,122 lines we could get signed-up in the village!  We still have Wingham, Bridge and Newick to beat – and still need another […]

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We now have over 150 votes!

November 28, 2010

We now have managed to get over 150 votes for the Goudhurst Exchange and stand at 59/2495 in the league table for eligible exchanges nationally on BT’s Race to Infinity. We can win the race for the area if you can sign for the campaign up HERE. A full league table of all exchanges in the […]

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