For the full story please see the EDP article.

Towns currently covered by the WiSpire service include:

- Norwich
- Postwick
- Ringland Hills
- Blofield
- Beeston, Kings Lynn

Residents in Beeston who have not yet expressed an interest in the scheme, or wish to place an order for WiSpire can do so by visiting our website at www.wispire.co.uk. 

 To enrol your local Diocese of Norwich Church into this scheme, please register your interest on the WiSpire website which can be found at www.wispire.co.uk.  Once a church has reached the trigger point of 20-25 registrations we can quickly being the process of installing this pioneering High Speed Broadband Service.  If you need help in creating interest for your local Church, please get in contact with WiSpire and we will be glad to assist you.

WiSpire have installed the network on church in Postwick, Norwich.  Users are already connected on the service and the next church is already being planned.

Towns currently covered by the service include:

• Beeston, Kings Lynn
• Blofield, Norwich
• Blofield Heath, Norwich
• Bramerton, Norwich
• Hemblington, Norwich
• Kirby Bedon, Norwich
• Lt Plumstead, Norwich
• Marlingford, Norwich
• Postwick, Norwich
• Ringland, Norwich
• Surlingham, Norwich
• Whitton, Norwich

If you live in any of the listed towns/villages, please signup for the service.

EDP24 Article

The service being provided is:

Residential

• Guaranteed 6mb download /1mb upload speed
• Unlimited Usage (Fair Usage Policy applies)
• Fast installation
• No landline rentals
• 30 Day Rolling Contract – No tie-in.

All for £24.99 a month.

Business

• Leased Line dedicated services
• Bespoke Bandwidth options
• Fixed IP Address
• Service Level Agreements
• Carrier grade equipment

Please download an order form.

Blofield Heath will be providing coverage to:

• Little Plumstead
• Great & Little Plumstead
• Blofield Heath

Ringland Hills will be providing coverage to:

• Ringland
• Costessey
• Longwater
• Easton

You can register your interest in the new service at WiSpire

• High Speed – FreeClix broadband brings 10 meg access to your business or home.
• Any Location – No need to rely on exchange DSL services

For more information, contact FreeClix

Please see pricing for the service below, pricing excludes installation and VAT.

Freeclix implemented Norfolk’s first wireless network over a decade ago, enabling businesses to use high speed leased lines.

The joint venture called ‘Wispire’ will use parish churches across the Diocese as the platform to deliver high speed reliable wireless broadband internet access to local communities (especially to areas where current speeds are very poor) supporting both business and residential customers as well as the potential for the delivery of services. Churches have historically been at the heart of their local communities and in many rural areas, where the church is the only community resource left. Wispire will enable the church to re-establish itself as a community hub and WiFi hotspot available for everyone to use within its vicinity providing information about the church and the local community to tourists and other visitors.

Wispire will not only provide reliable broadband for rural communities but will help protect Norfolk’s rich heritage of medieval churches, their artefacts and structures from theft and vandalism through networked surveillance cameras monitoring the interior and exterior of the church. Wireless networks are in everyday use and the government has recently announced the auction of the 4G spectrum next year which envisages even more data services being delivered over wireless networks.

David Broom, Director of Operations for the Diocese of Norwich, said, “This is an exciting new venture for the Church and one which will help us to serve our local communities, with the added benefit of helping to protect our church buildings from lead theft. We understand that despite the very many benefits, some people worry about possible health hazards. Wireless networks are in everyday use, and Wispire would seek to reassure people that the signal concerned is very low. Compared to the high power signals from a mobile phone mast or TV transmitter, our signal is measured in milliwatts and advice issued by the Health Protection Agency confirms that wireless networks are safe.”

www.wispire.co.uk

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The call to arms came from Derek Hardy or Naked Wines to see if FreeClix could help as everything else including their FreeClix leased line was already moved to the new site.

Utilising FreeClix’ Norwich network ring, we were able to link both sites together on a private virtual LAN and keep their VoIP based phone system working at the original site, whilst the handsets moved over to the new office.