R&SP Community Network
We learned on 3rd October that Invisible Networks who had been providing a
commercial broadband service in the village had ceased trading. A R&SP
Community Network committee meeting was held in the Red Lion a couple of days
later to discuss what we could do to help those, both in the village and
surrounding villages, who as a result had been left without a network
connection.
It was agreed that the R&SP Community Network should remain Reach and Swaffham Prior only as a larger system would be very hard to run on a volunteer basis. We decided to offer ex Invisible Networks customers in the village special connection rates to the R&SP network if they are able to continue to use the equipment supplied by Invisible, since this is compatible with our network, or standard connection rates otherwise. We are also in discussion with the other local villages affected (eg Bottisham and Swaffham Bulbeck) to see if there is any way we can help without actually joining forces to produce one large network, eg by sharing connections to the rest of the Internet.
The opportunity was also taken at this meeting to review our high usage charges and increase the standard monthly allowance from 5Gb to 30Gb, a limit well above any normal domestic level.