Following Natland Parish Councils appeal through Natland News for a Broadband Champion . John Johnstone has offered his services. John says............" I moved to Natland in 1988 and worked for Provincial until 1997, managing their PC and networking department. Since then, I have worked as a freelance IT Project Manager, mainly in the telecoms industry. Working with providers such as BT and Cable & Wireless, I have delivered major telecoms projects for blue-chip and government organisations, both in the UK and Asia .
As I am largely home-based, I need a reliable and fast broadband connection with which to conduct my work. In addition, most of my family make use of internet-based social networking and media streaming facilities (especially the younger generation!), which demand more and more bandwidth as time goes on.
My comments on the service that is currently provided by the Sedgwick exchange are unprintable! Like most rural users, I’m eager to enjoy the benefits that the Government’s Digital Britain initiative aims to provide, assuming that these are delivered as promised …"