"Broadband" used to mean internet connectivity using wires: copper or fibre-optic cables. But today's "wireless broadband" means a high-speed connection distributed via radio waves (like mobile-phone signal) between antennae, and then relayed to individual properties using a receiving dish or antenna. To cover installation costs there needs to be enough local demand for better speeds in the community. Hence "wireless community broadband".

Church buildings are often well suited to hosting wireless broadband infrastructure. When they are, they can provide connectivity for the surrounding community – and generate revenue from a contract with the supplier. For an example of one such project, in St Mary the Virgin, Walkhampton, click here. To find out if your church is eligible, make an enquiry by clicking the link below.