#DigitalStockport Blog
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Building a world class digital city-region on the LFFN foundations
Following the great work on the Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) project, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have now announced the exciting next steps to light up the fibre with a state-of-the-art, high-performance data network – the GM One Network. In...
Stockport Council took part in the Greater Manchester Local Full Fibre Network project; here’s what happened.
Background Twenty years ago, most commercial and residential users accessed the internet over the UK's ageing network of copper wire-based telephone circuits. Due to the technology involved, copper circuits could only work at slow or very slow speeds (bandwidths). As...
Tackling the digital divide through a greener approach
We are Community Computers, a not-for-profit project delivered by local charity Renewal North West, and we exist to tackle digital exclusion, unemployment and e-waste through repairing and refurbishing donated tech. We’re working with Stockport Council and are part of...