ADSL broadband Internet connection has become available to the Village Hall. Initially this is restricted to the management committee and village organisations who are willing to help test the facilities. Operating on standard 'WiFi' band G (2.4GHz) most modern notebooks with built in wireless, or other PC's with an add-on wireless adapter, should be able to connect. The connection is secured to prevent unauthorised use of the Internet from outside of the Hall, to request access please contact the Chairman: Jeff Spencer.

The management committee reserves the right to charge for these services but is waiving fees for the present to encourage inovative use by village organisations.

Thanks go to Andrew & Arnold Ltd (www.aaisp.net) for a fault-free 'out of the box' installation. One of the lesser-known Internet Service Providers (ISP) - at least to domestic customers - they have established top ratings with business clients by focussing on reliablity, client communication and flexibility in service provsion, rather than 'free extras' of value only to home users. Notwithstanding the one-month notice contract - which allows us to move on if it proves a mistake - we look forward to an extended partnership in developing 21st Century facilities for hall users.

 

The first phase provides connection to the Village Hall office, shared with the Nursery so that they can directly access teaching materials and education 'red tape', together with coverage of the Charles Watts Room. Thanks to our solid brick walls, reliable coverage of the Main Hall requires installation of further wireless access points connected to a local area network running accross the building, to this end PC network and radio equipment have been purchased using the Improvement Fund - thanks to all users who have helped us raise money by attending the Chiddingfold Cinema and Bar. As always we welcome anyone to assist the committee with volunteer work.