Jo Smith – Corgarff Peter Duffus - Glenbuchat. Glenbuchat 40 -50 Households Not all permanent Farming Estate management One person businesses Joiner.

Jo Smith – Corgarff

Peter Duffus - Glenbuchat

Glenbuchat

40 -50 HouseholdsNot all permanentFarmingEstate managementOne person businessesJoinerElectricianOn line editorArtistHorse breederAccountant

Corgarff

Project development• Glenbuchat

Community involvement, hall committee, Project committee off-shoot from existing community committeeEmail and Local web site contact, Previous attempts to get funding

• Corgarff, mainly Jo, 8 years lobbying.

Project development• 4 project meetings• On committee: Alaistar Nicolson and Shaun

Marley, Community Broadband Scotland, David Watson, National Park, Roddy Mathieson, Aberdeenshire Council, Nick Mardall, Deeside Donside Partnership

Representatives: Glenbuchat and Corgarff

Project development

• Visit to Laggan Project• Set up Bank Account• Started Mapping• Start Speed testing• Aberdeenshire Council Equipment field trials

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Aberdeen 16.4MBs

Aspirations• Future proof fast broadband• Is this almost a right now a days• Health• Education• Agriculture• Community Life• Shopping• Social life.

Problems• Donald Rumsfelt problem : we don’t know

what we don’t know• If you’ve never had it, you don’t miss it• What technology is available, let alone which

is best?• What is BT going to do: ?misleading

customers.?• Keeping local interest going