Broadband Grants

The initial backhaul schemes covering the broadband delivery to Cilycwm and Llanfihangel Aberbythych was grant aided by Carmarthenshire County Council. The extension of the scheme to other Communities will be carried out through the £1000 (inc VAT) per household being made available by the Welsh Assembly Government.

Because the cost of supplying individual locations will vary according to it's remoteness, WAG is allowing us to aggregate the grants, combining all the Communities in the CCBP. This will be a one-time arrangement and it is important that we include everyone who would want a good broadband connection. It will be possible to join the scheme subseqently, but you will need to apply for the grant as an individual and pay the going rate for the connection.

If you know anyone - a neighbour or friend - who might be interested please ask them to register at www.ccbp.org.uk or ring Steffan Davies of ResQ on 01269 500055.

For the present there is no need to do anything. the WAG Broadband Support Team will check all locations for eligibility for the grant and ResQ will prepare the grant applications for you close to the installation date.

Remember that you can keep up to date via this blog, www.ccbp4.blogspot.com, Doug Taylor's Twitter at twitter.com/#!/CarmsBP, and the ResQ website www.resq.co.uk.

This blog is intended to keep participants in the Carmarthen Community Broadband Project (CCBP) up-to-date insofar as it affects the Llanfynydd and Capel Isaac stages of the scheme. Those who registered with CCBP with an email address will have received an email from Steffan Davies of ResQ (Cross Hands), who will be the contact point for the installation and servicing of the customer equipment. He outlined the service to be supplied which, although not as high spec as that originally proposed at the community meeting, is more than adequate for domestic use, eg streaming HDTV programmes, internet telephones, on-line games etc. Importantly, the system is upgradable when the need arises, and can be supplied at a higher speed if, for instance, a business needs it.


The preliminary surveys will start from 7th February and the first communities, Cilycwm and Llanfihangel Aberbythych, should be connected early in April. After that progress will be rapid with all registrants being connected by August.


It's been a long haul, with many problems to solve along the way, but things are finally moving and we seem to be entering the 21st century at last.