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Stakeholder Event 6 8pm Tuesday 6 July 2016 Welcome & Introductions Cllr. Blake Pain Lead Member for Broadband 1) BTs Fibre Rollout 2) Contract 1 Update 3) Contract 2 Deployment Plans 4) Better Broadband Scheme 5) Additional


  1. Stakeholder Event 6 – 8pm Tuesday 6 July 2016

  2. Welcome & Introductions Cllr. Blake Pain Lead Member for Broadband

  3. 1) BT’s Fibre Rollout 2) Contract 1 Update 3) Contract 2 Deployment Plans 4) Better Broadband Scheme 5) Additional Funding 6) New Technology 7) Q&A session

  4. BT’s UK fibre broadband roll -out  £3bn to bring fibre to around two-thirds of UK  Today, more than 24 million homes and businesses passed  Around 8000 engineers working on the “Big Build”  A mixture of fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) and fibre to the premises technology (FTTP)  Fibre to the remote Node (FTTrN) – successfully trialled and now being deployed  FTTP “on demand” now available in some areas  More than 140 service providers currently trialling or selling fibre services using BT’s network  Extending fibre broadband availability even further through local community projects ‘ Community Fibre Partnership’ No other company in the world is investing as much in fibre without public sector support or a regulatory regime that allows for far greater returns

  5. The Superfast Leicestershire Journey 96% SFBB BT Commercial Contract 1 Contract 2 Going Further By March 15 By December 17 The Final 4% More than -£18.9m contract - £9.1m County Further Funding 292,000 homes - 62,000 perms Contract and business - £1.1m from - 11,000 prems connected districts - £2.26m of this contributing to is contribution around 5,000 form BT THP - New Leicester City phase £9.1m - £2.2m from contribution form LLEP LGF BT - £2.8m contribution from BT - 9,000 City prems

  6. How we do it… Pre-planning Preparing the Planning the Installation exchange network A full assessment Agree and plan Building the new Surveying of the existing when the new network from the underground network to provide equipment will be exchange to the ducts and accurate placed inside the new street planning where information for our exchange. Every cabinets. the new fibre, engineers. exchange is street cabinets different. and over ground equipment will go. We are meeting with the Highways and Planning teams.

  7. Contract 1 Update   2011 Government announce Following extensive procurement Leicestershire’s allocation from exercise, contract awarded to BT £530m of national funding (August 2013)   County Council puts forward and First cabinet went live in July secures additional funding from 2014 EU (ERDF) District, Borough and City Councils Over 200 miles of new fibre currently 235 towns and villages have rolled out gained access to fibre broadband thanks to Superfast Leicestershire. 71 exchange areas now live This increases superfast coverage 307 fibre cabinets enabled from 81% to 92%, and we remain on target to reach 96% by the end 65,000 additional Leicestershire of 2017 homes and businesses are now able to connect to fibre broadband

  8. We bring choice and low prices  Our open network brings competition, choice & low prices

  9. Contract 2 Plans  Contract signed March 2015  Originally County build area only. Now includes a £5m City area build phase (LLEP and BT funded)  Now over £33m invested including £4m from LCC and £8m from government (BDUK)  Mainly FTTC, but will also involve FFTP in rural areas were more cost effective than FTTC  Will increase coverage from 92% to over 96%  First cabinet went live in April 2016. First areas to benefit include: Coalville, Desford, Redmile, Castle Donnington, Hugglescote, Wigston, Barwell, Glenfield, Hathern, Loughborough, Ellistown, Kegworth, Medbourne, Melton Mowbray, Thringstone, Bilstone, Atherstone, Barton on the Wolds and Stoney Stanton

  10. Contract 2 Progress  Around 100 surveys have been completed to date  35 cabinets are already live and receiving orders, serving over 2,000 premises  Survey work completed on the first 60 miles of new fibre cabling  Over 400 structures planned, most of which are green roadside fibre cabinets. However, some will be new technologies not previous used, such as Fibre to the Premise and Fibre to the Remote Node.  Average of more than 6 new cabinets a month in Contract 2 so far, which is set to increase over the Legend coming months Contract 1 Cabinets Contract 2 Cabinets

  11. Better Broadband Scheme (1) Download Speeds Upload Speeds 10-24 Mbps 2-6 Mbps The Satellite connection is provided by two operators, Avanti and Eutelsat. They provide wholesale access to 11 Network Internet RSPs on the scheme, Operations backbone Satellite each offering different Centre dish product ranges: e.g. download speed limits RSPs provide equipment and usage caps at different prices Modem Internet VOIP Devices

  12. Better Broadband Scheme (2) Wireless signal Fibre Cable Backhaul  Available from June 2016 locally  Download speeds: 20-100Mbps  Typical product offers: 10-30Mbps  Five providers:  Maximum contract length is 24 months  Maximum yearly cost is £400  Around 3,000 properties eligible  Scheme open until end of January 2018  Services available until end of December 2022  Summer 2016 scheme relaunch

  13. The Final 4% Gainshare funding Potential further Other providers (Take-up over 30%) funding Public Consultation Contract 1 delivered New commercial  on time and under deployments  Identify areas budget   Seek additional Identify priorities: Significant funding support 1) Community underspend amount from District and completion will become Borough Councils  2) Rural areas available   Investigate all future Instruct BT Council committed funding  to reinvesting opportunities   BT model new phase of build Will seek to invest Advise community £2m - £3m late groups seeking their 2016 / early 2017 own solution

  14. Other Commercial Providers  New coverage or additional choice for customers  Wireless provider  Covering Buckminster estate and surrounding area  Project Lightening - £3bn investment  Demand led – Cable  New wireless provider my Street (January 2016)  Ratby and Broughton  Covering significant Astley areas of east Harborough  Offer 30Mbps download  Fixed fibre for business parks (FTTC)   Significant coverage and plans Primarily in City area with expansion in Welland Valley area plans for Great Central Ind. Estate, Northgate Ind.  FTTP on demand Estate and Frog Island Ind. Estate, amongst others led basis

  15. New Technology Consumers • >11m homes passed by 2020 through mix of G.fast and FTTP • Continue G.fast trials • Pilot G.fast at 25,000 homes in 16/17, with proposed future specification in Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire and Gillingham, Kent • Ready for commercial deployment in 17/18 (subject to regulatory certainty) G.fast For business • Up to 1m to have ultrafast available by 2020 including FTTP Business FTTP in high streets and business parks More FTTP FTTP • Ambition to increase mix of FTTP in ultrafast roll out • Continue trials to improve cost to deploy and customer experience • FTTP for new build homes, rural areas, apartment blocks, businesses and where it makes sense

  16. Our network is open and future proof…

  17. Questions? Contact Details: Email: broadband@leics.gov.uk Twitter: @LeicsCountyHall Website: www.superfastleicestershire.org.uk

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