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BBC: "The farmer who built her own broadband"

Accepted submission by DutchUncle mailto:dutchunclehar@gmail.com at 2016-12-26 22:24:45
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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37974267?ocid=global_bbccom_email_26122016_technology [bbc.com]

"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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