Stakeholder Event 6 8pm Tuesday 6 July 2016
Welcome & Introductions Cllr. Blake Pain Lead Member for Broadband
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
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
The Superfast Leicestershire Journey 96% SFBB BT Commercial Contract 1 By March 15 Contract 2 By December 17 Going Further More than 292,000 homes and business connected - 18.9m contract - 62,000 perms - 1.1m from districts contributing to around 5,000 THP 9.1m contribution form BT - 9.1m County Contract - 11,000 prems - 2.26m of this is contribution form BT - New Leicester City phase - 2.2m from LLEP LGF - 2.8m contribution from BT - 9,000 City prems The Final 4% Further Funding
How we do it Pre-planning Preparing the exchange Planning the network Installation A full assessment of the existing network to provide accurate information for our engineers. Agree and plan when the new equipment will be placed inside the exchange. Every exchange is different. Surveying underground ducts and planning where the new fibre, street cabinets and over ground equipment will go. We are meeting with the Highways and Planning teams. Building the new network from the exchange to the new street cabinets.
Contract 1 Update 2011 Government announce Leicestershire s allocation from 530m of national funding County Council puts forward and secures additional funding from EU (ERDF) District, Borough and City Councils Following extensive procurement exercise, contract awarded to BT (August 2013) First cabinet went live in July 2014 Over 200 miles of new fibre currently rolled out 71 exchange areas now live 307 fibre cabinets enabled 65,000 additional Leicestershire homes and businesses are now able to connect to fibre broadband 235 towns and villages have gained access to fibre broadband thanks to Superfast Leicestershire. This increases superfast coverage from 81% to 92%, and we remain on target to reach 96% by the end of 2017
We bring choice and low prices Our open network brings competition, choice & low prices
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
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 coming months Legend Contract 1 Cabinets Contract 2 Cabinets
RSPs provide equipment Better Broadband Scheme (1) Download Speeds 10-24 Mbps Upload Speeds 2-6 Mbps Satellite dish The Satellite connection is provided by two operators, Avanti and Eutelsat. They provide wholesale access to 11 RSPs on the scheme, each offering different product ranges: e.g. download speed limits and usage caps at different prices Network Operations Centre Internet backbone Modem Internet Devices VOIP
Better Broadband Scheme (2) Wireless signal Available from June 2016 locally Download speeds: 20-100Mbps Typical product offers: 10-30Mbps Five providers: Fibre Cable Backhaul 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
The Final 4% Gainshare funding (Take-up over 30%) Potential further funding Other providers Public Consultation Identify areas Identify priorities: 1) Community completion 2) Rural areas Instruct BT BT model new phase of build Contract 1 delivered on time and under budget Significant underspend amount will become available Council committed to reinvesting Will seek to invest 2m - 3m late 2016 / early 2017 New commercial deployments Seek additional funding support from District and Borough Councils Investigate all future funding opportunities Advise community groups seeking their own solution
Other Commercial Providers New coverage or additional choice for customers Project Lightening - 3bn investment Demand led Cable my Street Ratby and Broughton Astley Wireless provider Covering Buckminster estate and surrounding area New wireless provider (January 2016) Covering significant areas of east Harborough Offer 30Mbps download Fixed fibre for business parks (FTTC) Primarily in City area with expansion plans for Great Central Ind. Estate, Northgate Ind. Estate and Frog Island Ind. Estate, amongst others Significant coverage and plans in Welland Valley area FTTP on demand led basis
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) For business Up to 1m to have ultrafast available by 2020 including Business FTTP in high streets and business parks G.fast FTTP More 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 FTTP
Our network is open and future proof
Questions? Contact Details: Email: broadband@leics.gov.uk Twitter: @LeicsCountyHall Website: www.superfastleicestershire.org.uk