B4OC – Rural Inspiration Awards 2022
Out of 111 entries across Europe, Piltowns Broadband 4 our Community community broadband project is the only Irish project named as a finalist for...
B4OC: Digital Town Awards Winners!
Piltown. Co. Kilkenny was crowned the overall winner by Minister Damien English, Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail at the...
B4OC Gets Media Coverage
Left out in the National Broadband Plan, two villages in Co Kilkenny decided to set up their own FTTP network led by local volunteers. A small rural...
And We’re Live!
After a week of testing and commissioning Piltown now has it’s own fibre broadband network. Customer connections are underway in Ardclone with...
Connected to the Grid
Good news for the people of Piltown. After months of negotiations and planning Piltown is now connected to the national fibre-optic grid. This will...
Unexpected Delays
As part of being an Internet Service Provider B4OC are dependent on a connection to the national grid, which runs parallel to the railway line south...
Up & Away
The more observant of you may have noticed some shiny new telecom poles appearing around the village. Poles were erected by local contractor Richie...
Full Steam Ahead
In recent months, our contractors and volunteers have been hard at work building our network infrastructure and we are delighted to be making...
Remote Working Survey
CoWorking Feasibility Survey A feasibility study to determine the viability of a co-working facility in Piltown is being conducted by Piltown...
Going Underground
First Steps Finally B4OC is up and running with our first bit of underground ducting installed in Kildalton as part of the new footpath recently...
First Delivery of Poles
Delivery of Materials A big day for Piltown as Broadband 4 Our Community receive delivery of their first load of poles. These 8.5m poles will form...
Funding for Community Broadband
Tomar Trust to Help Fund B4OC Broadband 4 Our Community received a much-needed financial boost from Tomar Trust earlier this year. Thanks to the...
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