Stakeholder Event 6 – 8pm Tuesday 6 July 2016

Welcome & Introductions Cllr. Blake Pain Lead Member for Broadband

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BT’s Fibre Rollout Contract 1 Update Contract 2 Deployment Plans Better Broadband Scheme Additional Funding New Technology 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

More than 292,000 homes and business connected

Contract 1 By March 15

Contract 2 By December 17

-£18.9m contract - 62,000 perms - £1.1m from districts contributing to around 5,000 THP

- £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

£9.1m contribution form BT

Going Further

The Final 4% Further Funding

How we do it… Pre-planning

Preparing the exchange

Planning the network

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.

Installation

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

 Following extensive procurement exercise, contract awarded to BT (August 2013)

 County Council puts forward and secures additional funding from EU (ERDF) District, Borough and City Councils

 First cabinet went live in July 2014

Over 200 miles of new fibre currently rolled out

235 towns and villages have gained access to fibre broadband thanks to Superfast Leicestershire.

71 exchange areas now live 307 fibre cabinets enabled 65,000 additional Leicestershire homes and businesses are now able to connect to fibre broadband

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

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Originally County build area only. Now includes a £5m City area build phase (LLEP and BT funded)

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Now over £33m invested including £4m from LCC and £8m from government (BDUK)

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Mainly FTTC, but will also involve FFTP in rural areas were more cost effective than FTTC

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Will increase coverage from 92% to over 96%

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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

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35 cabinets are already live and receiving orders, serving over 2,000 premises

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Survey work completed on the first 60 miles of new fibre cabling

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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.

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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

Better Broadband Scheme (1) Download Speeds 10-24 Mbps

RSPs provide equipment

Satellite dish

Upload Speeds 2-6 Mbps

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 Internet Operations backbone Centre

Modem Internet Devices

VOIP

Better Broadband Scheme (2) Wireless signal

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Available from June 2016 locally Download speeds: 20-100Mbps Typical product offers: 10-30Mbps Five providers:

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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

Fibre Cable Backhaul

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  Wireless provider  Covering Buckminster estate and surrounding area

 Project Lightening £3bn investment  Demand led – Cable my Street  Ratby and Broughton Astley

 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

 New wireless provider (January 2016)  Covering significant areas of east Harborough  Offer 30Mbps download

 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)

G.fast

For business •

Up to 1m to have ultrafast available by 2020 including Business FTTP in high streets and business parks

More FTTP •

Ambition to increase mix of FTTP in ultrafast roll out

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Continue trials to improve cost to deploy and customer experience

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FTTP for new build homes, rural areas, apartment blocks, businesses and where it makes sense

FTTP FTTP

Our network is open and future proof…

Questions? Contact Details: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @LeicsCountyHall Website: www.superfastleicestershire.org.uk