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The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday December 29 2016, @03:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the grow-your-own-network dept.

DutchUncle writes:

"I'm just a farmer's wife," says Christine Conder, modestly. But for 2,300 members of the rural communities of Lancashire she is also a revolutionary internet pioneer.

Her DIY solution to a neighbour's internet connectivity problems in 2009 has evolved into B4RN, an internet service provider offering fast one gigabit per second broadband speeds to the parishes which nestle in the picturesque Lune Valley.

.... "It wasn't rocket science. It was three days of hard work." Her motto, which she repeats often in conversation, is JFDI. Three of those letters stand for Just Do It. The fourth you can work out for yourself.

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday December 29 2016, @06:48PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday December 29 2016, @06:48PM (#447162) Journal

    Then why don't you swim your ass all the way out there to Lune and "remove" her?

    Oh, right, because you're a flabby, pasty, impotent, needle-dicked paedophile with the muscle tone of a block of tofu and half the brains. Shaddap and go back to beating off to your Cabbage Patch doll collection, you worthless oxygen thief.

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by janrinok on Thursday December 29 2016, @07:47PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 29 2016, @07:47PM (#447177) Journal

    How dare you insult tofu like this! I demand that you liken the OP to something less attractive - although I will concede that tofu is intellectually superior to the OP too!

    • (Score: 2) by sgleysti on Monday January 09 2017, @07:38AM

      by sgleysti (56) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 09 2017, @07:38AM (#451358)

      I contest the moderation of the above post. It is self-evident that defending the honor of tofu is a laudable task and therefore not redundant.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @03:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @03:59AM (#447268)

    http://www.moddb.com/games/chaosesqueanthology [moddb.com]

    Lets see your project, cunt.

    Also: not fat. I think you're projecting whore.
    Need the thickest coke can BBC out there to fill you.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday December 30 2016, @05:05PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday December 30 2016, @05:05PM (#447490) Journal

      Let me guess, you're not fat, you're fluffy? Sorry, I don't speak Hutt, you'll need to repeat some of that.

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