Fibrestream boss praises US fibre-to-the-home project

The boss of Fibrestream has said the UK can learn a lot about the rollout of fibre optic broadband by looking at the example set by a project in Vermont.

ECFiber, led by community fibre-to-the-home pioneer Tim Nulty, deployed next-generation internet services in the town of Barnard and is planning to do the same in a total of 23 locations.

According to Valley News, the company raised the $912,000 (£568,000) needed to pay for the first stage of the rollout itself, rather than waiting for funding from the federal government.

The company is hoping to demonstrate the effectiveness of its business model in order to attract additional private investment in the future.

Commenting on the project, Fibrestream boss Guy Jarvis offered his congratulations to ECFiber for demonstrating the futility of relying on state money rather than just getting on with the work.

"David Cameron, Jeremy Hunt and Ed Vaizey please take note of what free enterprise can do given a level playing field and the removal of bureaucratic interference," he remarked.