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Compton Fibre Newsletter No.5
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Have you recently received an email like the one shown below?
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Subject: You could be eligible to get gigabit-capable broadband
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Several of you have asked me if it's real or relevant.
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The email starts like this:
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You could apply for £3,000 of Government funding today
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Is it a scam?
No, it's promoting a new Hampshire County Council scheme to help fund fibre broadband in rural communities.
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How does it work?
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For some time, central government (DCMS: the Department of Culture Media and Sport) have been offering vouchers worth £1500 per domestic property and £3500 per small business towards the cost.
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Some counties (now including Hampshire) offer top-up vouchers. HCC will chip in an extra £1500 per domestic property, meaning a residential property can get £3000 of grant funding.
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Does it apply to us?
It could, but we don't need it.
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Why don't we need it?
Because the 117 properties in our Compton fibre project are in quite a compact area. So our contribution towards project costs was about £45,000, much less than other communities (for example Hursley) were asked to raise.
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We managed to cover our target with a mixture of DCMS domestic and small business vouchers, without needing additional funding.
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Is there any news about the Compton Fibre Project dates?
Nothing new recently, other than they're still on schedule. But if I get any useful information from Openreach I'll send another newsletter round.
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About this newsletter: We set up this newsletter so that we can send you occasional updates about the project. You can always keep an eye on the project website at cfp.comptonshawford.uk.
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If you have any questions, reply to this email or call me on 01962 606957.
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Adrian Walmsley
Community Lead
Compton Community Fibre Partnership Ltd
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