NameBroadband for the Rural North (B4RN) OverviewB4RN is a professional fibre to the premises broadband network, registered as a non-profit community benefit society, and run by a dedicated local team with the support of landowners and volunteers. Basic offer is 1,000Mbps symmetrical FTTP broadband to every property in our coverage area within North West England, cost £150 connect and £30 per month. 10Gbps is also available to all properties LocationNorth West England Technology employedFibre to the premises (FTTP) Number of premises covered – initial estimate3,500 Cost (project total) – initial estimate£3.5m Cost (per premises passed) – initial estimate£1,000 Number of premises covered – finalised scheme13,000 Cost (project total) – finalised scheme£7.8m Cost (per premises passed) – finalised scheme£600 Time taken from initial concept to successful fund raising~1 year to build start. Project ongoing as parishes added and each is self-funded Time taken from successful fund raising to first live customersB4RN were set up in December 2011; build started in March 2012, first connections October 2012, as at 1/7/16 ~2,000 properties had been connected Type of ownership model(s) (1-6)6 – community owned and operated Funding source(s)Funding raised from benefiting communities, either through community shares or community loans. £4.24m raised up to 31/6/16. Also benefitted from free wayleaves from landowners in the communities and from free trenching done by local volunteers (who are then rewarded in shares)