Robin Band, UK Sales Manager for Gigaclear presented their plans for the Leicestshire Parishes in the Welland Valley in Medbourne on Thursday 27th November. Over 40 residents from the area attended.
Tom Purnell the assistant CEO of Leicestershire County Council attended.
Robin talked about the village he lives in which is in Oxfordshire and suggested residents might want to view:
http://www.appletonwitheaton.org.uk/broadband
The Appleton and Eaton village website gives a description of the history of their broadband experience since 2012 and the Gigaclear implementation.
At the end of the presentation quite a few of the attendees signed up for the Gigaclear service.
Gigaclear expect their field sales force to be in our villages starting in December 2014.
Saturday 29 November 2014
Thursday 27 November 2014
Further information from Gigaclear presentation in Hallaton
Victoria Buckingham followed up the Hallaton presentation as follows:
I went to the presentation last night which I thought was impressive. I have also done a bit of digging around and spoke to a guy I do some work with. They have Gigaclear in their village just north of Abingdon. They were one of the first and have been delighted with it. He has the cheapest package which is 30mb/s which he says is ample to work from home, video skype, video conference with shared screens etc with no pixellation and fast upload/download speeds. He says there are some people in his village paying for the 1000mb/s but he says that is basically enough to run a credit card company through so he felt that was a bit excessive. He is going to switch to the Vonage phone deal too but just hasn’t got round to it. He said the dig was slightly painful but was incredibly quick and they were unbelievably tidy. They even cleared a few gulleys and water courses as they went through the village. His only gripe with them now is that they are currently going through the village and offering all those that haven’t signed up free connection – ie. Waiving the £100 fee. He says they are on a big mission to boost subscribers ahead of their flotation next year so we may have some negotiating room. Having said that, we have registered.
If any member of the group would like to speak to Paul Fowler or a member of his broadband group, they would be very happy to do so.
Anyone wanting to ask questions to Paul Fowler, please let me know.
I went to the presentation last night which I thought was impressive. I have also done a bit of digging around and spoke to a guy I do some work with. They have Gigaclear in their village just north of Abingdon. They were one of the first and have been delighted with it. He has the cheapest package which is 30mb/s which he says is ample to work from home, video skype, video conference with shared screens etc with no pixellation and fast upload/download speeds. He says there are some people in his village paying for the 1000mb/s but he says that is basically enough to run a credit card company through so he felt that was a bit excessive. He is going to switch to the Vonage phone deal too but just hasn’t got round to it. He said the dig was slightly painful but was incredibly quick and they were unbelievably tidy. They even cleared a few gulleys and water courses as they went through the village. His only gripe with them now is that they are currently going through the village and offering all those that haven’t signed up free connection – ie. Waiving the £100 fee. He says they are on a big mission to boost subscribers ahead of their flotation next year so we may have some negotiating room. Having said that, we have registered.
If any member of the group would like to speak to Paul Fowler or a member of his broadband group, they would be very happy to do so.
Anyone wanting to ask questions to Paul Fowler, please let me know.
Gigaclear Presentation in Hallaton
Robin Band, UK Sales Manager for Gigaclear presented their plans in Hallaton
on Wednesday 26th November. Over 45 residents from the area attended.
The plan is to have two Fibre Cabinets in the area with capacity for ~400 Fibre to the Property connections in each.
The provisional time table is:
- 2-3 months of sales to achieve required order level. The network design is underway and this will determine the %age of orders required for project viability.
- ~ 100 days for wayleaves, Highway planning and contractual issues with contractors.
- ~ 100 days to complete cable laying.
No charges are made until the connection is in use. This provides time for contracts with other suppliers to be terminated.
For remoter properties Gigaclear may ask for a contribution towards the cable laying costs. These charges are all at cost by the contractor.
Residents in rented properties are offered short term contracts of 3 months, with 3 months termination.
Residents ordering during the first 2-3 months will get double speed for the first year. Where someone has ordered 1,000Mbps service they will receive free installation.
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