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Broadband Speed...the tale continues! |
First some good news (for me anyway!). In April this year BT
sent me an e-mail saying they were upgrading the broadband
service to my area and I should see an improvement. This
happened on April 8th and yes my broadband speed went from
1.4Mbps to 1.9 Mbps, a 30% improvement which appears to have
been maintained. (BT is my ISP). The upgrade was due to the
technology BT uses to connect the exchange to the outside world.
Has anyone else seen any improvement?? Talking to others it
would seem not. There has been no change to the cable
infrastructure and rumours of a fibre optic link to the Shopwyke
box are just that. Note that some people define Broadband as
giving a minimum of 2Mbps download speed.
The Parish Council have been actively looking for alternative
ways of improving the service. Rutland Telecom was set up by
local residents and successfully improved their broadband
service and would carry out a survey in our area for a fee. A
company called Kijoma supplies a WISP (wireless ISP) and is
active in the Chichester area, capital costs are again involved.
Another group called H2O are installing fibre optic local
networks in urban areas of cities e.g. Bournemouth using
existing drains /sewers to run the fibre optic cables instead of
digging trenches. Railway routes are also a possibility for
cable running.
Grants may still be available to enable us to upgrade the
infrastructure! However we need to work with Tangmere and
Boxgrove, whose broadband speed is worse than Oving, to apply
for some of this money asap. The Parish Council intend to set up
a joint working party to explore these alternatives and to
compare costs.
Another option may be the formation of a Community Broadband
Service for which finance may be available.
www.samknows.com
www.h2onetworksdarkfibre.com
Roger Baynham
rogerbaynham@hotmail.com
Tel 01243 784595
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The Housing Development in
Gribble Lane |
In January 2009 planning permission
was granted for 10 properties to be built in Gribble Lane: 2 x 3
bedroom houses, 6 x 2 bedroom houses and 2 x 1 bedroom
bungalows. There will be parking for cars and bicycles on the
site and full landscaping and planting to enhance the area.
Seaward Properties are developing the site in conjunction with
Affinity Sutton who are a registered social landlord partner of
Chichester District Council and will own the properties for
perpetuity.
Work was started in early July by the contractors TAV Projects
Ltd and is expected to be completed by the end of March next
year 2011. There is a notice board near the site which will
report on progress and will soon have more detail about the
housing for interested potential tenants.
All work should take place between 7 am – 6 pm on Monday to
Friday and 8 am to 1 pm on Saturday. The Parish Council has
requested that all construction traffic use the High Street
entrance to Gribble Lane and that deliveries should be, whenever
possible, between the hours of 7-10.30am and 3-5.30pm, so
avoiding busier times at the Gribble Inn.
The plans for this site and associated documents can be viewed
on the Chichester District Council website:
www.chichester.gov.uk
The application number is 08/01433.
All the properties will be available for renting to people who
have a direct connection with the local area and have registered
an interest with the Chichester District Council. On the
Chichester District Council website there is a lot of
information about who will be able to apply for the housing and
how to do it.
To find this information use
the following links starting on the website ‘home-page’: housing
/ finding a home / affordable housing to rent.....on this page
look at the ‘related document’ on the right side and go to page
18 and read ‘Exceptions – balancing and creating sustainable
communities’. Also on this page if you click on ‘New Housing
Applications’ you will find an application form.
http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4714
Enquiries can also be made by phoning Chichester District
Council on
01243 785166.
Di Pitts
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Are you over 60 and do you have
a disability? |
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If so you might find the West Sussex
Community Transport Directory very useful. It gives details of
transport available to over 60’s and disabled people in our
community, apart form the normal public transport options. Copies of
this booklet can be obtained by phoning the Highways Department on
01243 642105 or from the WSCC helpdesk, now in Chichester Library. |
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anything to the website, please contact webmaster
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01243 788016
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Taxi....? |
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Is there a resident Taxi Driver in Oving?
.....The residents of the mobile home park at Drayton want to
know....and so do we !...please contact webmaster.
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