Rural Digital Connectivity

A café and restaurant business run by Mari Rees-Stavros located in Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, at the foot of the Moelwynion. Because of its location within Eryri National Park, this café is a popular rest spot for tourists, particularly with climbers, mountaineers, and bikers. There are local patrons who regularly come to the café, but in the summer, the business is mostly busy with customers from outside the area. 

MônFM is a community radio service based in Llangefni serving Anglesey, Gwynedd, and other areas of North-West Wales. In early 2023, they ran a community broadcast initiative which involved broadcasting live coverage of local events.

Mel Parry is a photographer and graphic designer from Anglesey, whose business is about 75% photography and 25% graphic design. He offers a variety of photography services including weddings and events around the area.  

Gareth is a person who works from home. Previously, he was an ITS customer which offered download speeds of up to 10Mbps, although 5-8Mbps was the norm. It was possible to pay more to get faster speeds, but he finds the price to be prohibitively expensive.

Ian represents eight properties which form the Llandegla Fibre Partnership. Of the eight properties within this Partnership, two are private households and the rest are businesses. Ian himself uses the internet for a myriad of reasons, including writing emails, doing research, purchasing goods online, and managing his website. Furthermore, his daughter also has an online business.

Seb is a young person who has studied cybersecurity in university and runs a server on Discord providing tech support for audio-related issues. The Internet is a vital tool for him in his everyday life; he uses it to communicate with his peers who live outside the country, play online games, and supplement his income by trading crypto stocks. In the near future, he would also like to get into livestreaming on Twitch.