Gislingham Broadband Briefing Better Broadband for Suffolk

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1 Gislingham Broadband Briefing Better Broadband for Suffolk

2 The Basics Telephony and broadband are delivered via a simple network. From an exchange, to a green cabinet, then via poles or ducts to your premises.

3 The Basics There are two main generations of consumer broadband, which are delivered through your fixed telephone line: -Exchange Based ADSL/ADSL2+ Up to 8Mbps (ADSL) 24Mbps (ADSL2+) dwn ld, up to 1Mbps upl d Speed reliant on distance from telephone exchange (2.4km typical) Cheap, but little competition in rural areas -Fibre (FTTC) Up to 80Mbps download, up to 20Mbps upload. Speed reliant only on distance from green cabinet (500m typical) Higher monthly premium, but increasing regulation / choice

4 Broadband Coverage in Suffolk Before Fibre

5 ~55% Commercial Fibre Coverage vs. State Intervention

6 Process of State Intervention Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Christmas 2012 Conference in Bury St Edmunds DCMS commit 530m Secured government funding for Suffolk of Secured local matched funding Market review / EU State Aid Permission National procurement framework Local procurement process Contract with BT signed.

7 Key Highlights of the Suffolk/BT Plan 40m+ over 15 years to bring Better Broadband to Suffolk Suffolk investing 11.68m to match BDUK 11.68m each Suffolk 1 leveraging 4 of total spend Extends future-proof fibre-based broadband to ~85% of Suffolk premises by % coverage of at least 2Mbps by % of premises will get broadband speed uplifts of 10Mbps or more 84% of premises currently getting less than 2Mbps will be upgraded to fibre-based broadband Waveney Local Enterprise Zones to get 100% Superfast Broadband (24Mbps+) by end 2013

8 Progress / Future Phases 30k premises delivered to date From here, we will deliver another ~10k premises per quarter Totalling 100k premises passed under the current contract. Gives ~85% fibre coverage across Suffolk, or ~300k premises But leaves 10-15% of Suffolk with speeds between 2Mbps and 24Mbps but not via fibre So we want to push improvements further, using: Further government (CSR) funding to reach 95% by 2017 National funding to match the aspiration of 99% superfast coverage by 2018, possibly using fixed wireless

9 Fibre Rollout How we are rolling out the fibre broadband network OPTICAL HEAD END

10 Local Infrastructure Speeds currently limited due to the length of copper between Mellis exchange, and then the line between the Village Hall cabinet and the end user premises. Mellis exchange is ADSL, so 8Mbps at the exchange, dropping off over the copper as it comes to Gislingham.

11 Local Rollout Plans Q3/ Still Subject to Survey / Planning / Power by June 14, (Delivery September 14 to March 15) Fibre direct from Dickleburgh into the Gislingham Village Hall Street Cabinet. By running fibre to the cabinet, we eliminate the loss of signal between the cabinet and Mellis. The fibre gives 80Mbps at the cabinet, reducing the further you are from the cabinet.

12 Local Rollout Plans Coverage >15Mbps (Grey) White areas subject to 2Mbps commitment, but also to be targeted with second round of funding for superfast broadband.

13 What to look out for: Old PCP (Primary Connection Point) New Optical Fibre DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer!) New power ducts and tie-cable ducts

14 Columbine Way Broadfields Six Bells / Howards Close What Likely Speed? Finningham Rd Little Green / Sunnybrook

15 Cost and Choice Unlike small rural exchanges where you may have only one supplier to choose from, the fibre network is wholesale and open to all communications providers, ensuring competition and choice for consumers Choose your package from 100+ retail ISPs bundles of services / business specialist services. Typically fibre costs around another 5-8 per month Fibre products increasingly and more heavily regulated by Ofcom

16 What difference does it make? - Stream HD TV via I-Player, Smart TVs etc - Upload files rapidly (200Kbps vs 10Mbps!) - Use cloud backup / file access (eg Spotify, Dropbox etc) - Home Video Conferencing / Skype - Running VPN to access work networks from home - Gaming - Socialising - Telecare - Homework / Learning It takes ~650 seconds to download a 5GB HD Movie on a 60Mbps connection. With 2Mbps its ~5.5 hours.

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