By Eleanor Hayward For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:05 GMT, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 15 February 2019
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Situated 1,000ft above sea level and surrounded by rugged moorland, the town of Alston is at the centre of ‘England’s last wilderness’.
The Cumbrian settlement is so isolated it was cut off by snow last year, forcing the military to airdrop supplies via Chinook helicopter.
But as well as being the highest town in England, Alston is now at the forefront of a technological revolution.
Residents in Alston, Cumbria, have already installed their own 4G mobile network. In 2002, they started a broadband co-operative called Cybermoor after BT decided it was 'unviable' to provide broadband there. Daniel Heery, centre, is behind the project
It is one of the first places in the world to receive a 5G mobile network, giving its 1,100 residents internet speeds most city-dwellers could only dream of.
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