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Building a Broadband Future

Cllr Keith Barrow

Agenda and Introductions

• 11.00 Welcome and introductions - Cllr Keith Barrow
• 11:05 Connecting Shropshire Programme - Cllr Keith Barrow /Andrew Evans

(Connecting Shropshire - Programme Responsible Owner)

• 11:15 Deployment schedule what to expect where and when
• Brendan Dick (MD BT Regions)
• 11.30 The engineering task (1000+ km Fibre), - Kim Mears (Director Openreach)
• 11:45 Exploiting the broadband opportunity - Natasha Innocent (BDUK)
• 12:00 Panel Q&A session - Cllr Keith Barrow
• 12:30 Light working lunch including opportunity to meet the Programme Team and

see technical showcase

Faster broadband and better connectivity for Shropshire will enable...

Better Business opportunities Better Home experience Better Public Services Better for Everyone

“Fibre broadband will bring Shropshire’s predominantly rural economy into the digital fast lane, revitalising small towns, villages and hamlets connecting communities to stimulate growth and innovation, in the long-term, ensuring local people don’t suffer from a digital divide.”

The Commercial partnership

• £1 Council investment = £2 partner investment
• Digital technology can enable SMEs to unlock as much as £18.8 billion in incremental

revenue nationally* *Booz and Co - This Is for Everyone”The Case for Universal Digitisation

This Programme in summary

• Faster broadband to over 62,000 rural homes and businesses in Shropshire by end
• f March 2016

– 2Mbps or more to all homes and businesses – 24Mbps or more to the majority of homes and businesses

• This means 93% of premises (131,000) having access to fibre broadband (when

combined with commercial rollouts)

• In partnership we continue to look for opportunities to work with communities in

Shropshire to extend fibre coverage further.

Our focus

• High level of expectation
• Robust and accountable governance model
• Clear communication
• Evidence based benefits realisation
• Ensuring value for money throughout Programme

Kevin Johnson Project Contract Officer Ben Walker Project Support Officer Morag Banks Project Administrator TBC Project Communicatio ns Officer Andy Evans Programme Senior Responsible Officer Chris Taylor Broadband Programme Manager

Connecting Shropshire Programme Team

Stacey King BT Group Marketing Lead Dan Czyzyk Openreach Network Deployment Project Lead Martin McGregor BT Finance Lead Emma Tennant Media Relations Lead Rob Jones BT Group Project Lead Patrick Nicholas Senior Deal Lead Bill Murphy BT NGA Executive Sponsor Openreach Delivery Project Managers

Building a Broadband Future

Brendan Dick - MD BT Regions

The Deployment Challenge

It’s a big job!

• Building a robust, future-proofed

infrastructure is physically and technically challenging

• Work on the programme will continue

until End Spring 2016

• We’ll reach more than 62,000 premises

in predominantly rural or very rural locations

• The project will deliver the best

coverage and speed possible for the money available.

Building on our commercial roll out

• 22,000 field engineers in Openreach, and

still recruiting

• More than 15m premises have access to

Openreach’s fibre network across the UK

• We’re already rolling out in Baschurch, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow and

Market Drayton: more than 60,000 premises, of which 28,000 are already “live”

• And more than 70 service providers are enabled to offer fibre services that use

Openreach’s network.

Work has already started (Phase 1 of 9)

Keeping you informed of progress

Two main sites to check for updates www.connectingshropshire.co.uk Information on this programme and links to all other commercial roll outs http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/ info on this programme and BT’s commercial roll Now showing postcodes covered by programme and exchanges under evaluation respectively. We expect to announce the first communities that will benefit this Autumn

The Big Build…

Building a Broadband Future

Kim Mears - Director Openreach

The Engineering task

The Technology

ADSL Broadband Copper from the exchange to the premises. Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) The fibre connection goes to a powered cabinet in the street. The final connection to premises is on copper. Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) The fibre connection goes all the way from the main network to the premises.

Keeping you informed of progress

Make you sure you visit the showcase here today

Our Deployment Strategy

The decision of where to deploy SFBB is based on:

• Technical and physical feasibility
• Existing Infrastructure
• Exchange equipment, ducts, copper

and power

• Clustering of premises
• Always look to maximise the number of

lines served in the earliest timeframe (value for money)

• Best alignment of local engineering resources

Flexible approach = Greatest coverage, highest speed, lowest cost, shortest timescale = best value for money

More detail on the process

Network rearrangement

Schedulin g Planning: Detailed planning of ducts/cable runs/boxes/locations Production of planning packs Spine Build Exchange Connectivity Cabinet Build Commission & Test FTTP Manifold Build Exchange Infrastructure Build Initial Planning assessment Power Supply Local Planning Applications / Wayleave applications Order Power supply Submit orders for kit Surveys Liaison with Highways Phase 2 Phase 3.........

A Major Engineering Project

• 9 phases to end Spring 2016
• Approximately 1300 Km fibre
• Around 350 cabinets
• In excess of 100 engineers
• Upgrade of 115 exchanges
• Embracing technology innovation

Enough fibre to join Shropshire to the Swiss Alps

Building Better Broadband

Natasha Innocent - BDUK

Exploiting the broadband

• pportunity

BDUK – Changing lives

Better broadband provides small businesses with new opportunities to grow and make efficiencies by working smarter

• E-commerce. Currently only 1/3 of SMEs transact online. Booz + Co estimate there is an
• pportunity for SMEs to unlock up to £18.8 billion additional revenue if they were all

transacting online

• Other opportunities include: Cloud computing. Video conferencing. Sending and

receiving huge files. New opportunities to market and network

• BUT businesses may need to build their digital skills to fully benefit

Building a broadband future for Business

Small businesses segmented by digital maturity

• 5. Deliberate

Disconnected

• 4. Enthusiastic

Chasers

• 3. Static Surfers
• 2. Emerging

Advocates

• 1. Shooting Stars

not online (no use + no website) or only use the internet for very basic tasks (e.g. Google search.) Do low to moderate level business tasks

• nline and have

a basic website. Do a lot online and have a website with higher level functionality. Fairly advanced but either have a basic website, or don’t use the internet for the highest level tasks. Fairly advanced in their use of

• nline

technology but don’t have a website at all. Lower online maturity (28% of participants) (17% of participants) (17% of participants) (17% of participants) (20% of participants) Higher online maturity

Source: Lloyds/Go ON UK “Maximising Online Engagement with SMEs & Charities” (Optimisa) Sept 2012.

Shropshire Case Study

• One Shropshire-based telecoms business is already

seeing the benefits of the existing fibre commercial deployment using the internet to help provide vital medical advice

• The introduction of further superfast broadband

deployment across the county of Shropshire will allow local telecoms business, Fluid Network Solutions, to expand their hosted telephony network into the more rural areas potentially benefiting hundreds of

• rganisations and customers.
• Fluid currently provides telecom services for businesses

and organisations, including the county’s out of hours medical services, run by Shropdoc. There are future plans to improve the service for patients and surgeries across Shropshire by building a hosted voice network which relies on quality broadband services. Rob Tolley, of Fluid Network Solutions, said: “At the moment, surgeries and businesses local to the main towns in Shropshire are getting the most from the hosted telephony, whereas in the more rural organisations, whilst still available, it is a little more challenging due to the broadband network not being as strong. “The building of this superfast broadband network will be the backbone of the voice network service, which will provide a host

• f major benefits to end users.”

Building a Broadband Future for Home

Better broadband also opens up new opportunities, choice and convenience for people and families, including:

• Opportunities to work from home; start up new businesses and learn new skills
• Opportunities to save money and access services in new ways. This is especially

important with an ageing population.

• More social networking with family, friends and communities of interest. Our
• nline friendships are increasingly as important as off line networks.
• BUT research from the BBC demonstrates that some people do not have the

digital skills or confidence to fully benefit

Building a Broadband Future for Public Services

Better broadband also provides public bodies with opportunities to transform the way they deliver services. This is not just about efficiencies it is also about better services

• SNOW
• Improving health, well-being and quality of life. NHS direct is a heavily used and

popular service which allows people to help themselves

• Better access to services and information. We increasingly live in a 24/7 world

where people expect to be able to find out what they need to know when they need to know it.

• Saving money by moving services online means services can concentrate on the

value added

Digital Advocacy

• Digital Champions

http://www.shropshire-rcc.org.uk/

• Digital Advocates

Keeping you up to date

• www.connectingshropshire.co.uk
• Register to keep informed about the programme
• Email: connecting.shropshire@shropshire.gov.uk
• Twitter@connectingshropshire
• Facebook - /connectingshropshire
• Meet the Programme Team

Building a Broadband Future

Thank You – Q&A