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Stakeholder Forum

9 October 2017 Sparkenhoe Room, County Hall

The Superfast Leicestershire Journey

• 81% commercial

coverage (77% nationally)

2013

• £19m Phase 1

complete – 92% coverage

2016

• 20,000 additional

premises to gain access with Phase 2

2018

• The final 3% -

around 13,000 unserved properties

Beyond

Phase 1 Update

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

• n target to reach 96% by the end
• f 2017

£2.5m efficiency saving

Achieved through BT delivery

• ptimization and Council robust

assurance and project management On Time Under Budget

Delivering THP

Phase 2 Update

• All survey work is now complete
• Over 150 cabinets are live and

receiving orders - serving more than 8,500 premises

• First FTTP areas will go live in coming

weeks

• Coming soon: Aston Flamville, Barton in the

Beans, Castle Donington, Illston on the Hill, Keyham, Kings Norton, Market Bosworth, Ratcliffe Culey, Shepshed, Skeffington, Stapleton, Sutton Cheney, Swepstone, Thorpe Satchville, Tur Langton, Wistow & Woodhouse Eaves

• Contract extension announced in July (Bosworth

Battlefield)

• £4.4m Council (Gainshare) and new BT funding
• 2,000 additional premises - January to September

2018 (20,000 total)

• 97% coverage – above the national average
• Blaby: Elmesthorpe, Potters Marston, Sharnford &

Wigston Parva

• Charnwood: Six Hills & Walton on the Wolds
• Harborough: Stretton Hall & Wibtoft
• Hinckley and Bosworth: Cadeby, Earl Shilton, Far

Coton, Gopsall, Lindley, Osbaston, Pinwall, Sheepy Magna, Shenton, Snarestone & Wellsborough

• Melton: Belvoir, Brooksby, Gaddesby, Little Dalby,

Saxelbye & Scalford

• North West Leicestershire: Coleorton & Farm Town

Phase 2 Extension

Matt Hancock, Minister for Digital, said: Superfast broadband is increasingly at the heart of modern life and we are determined to make sure everyone has the fast and reliable connectivity they

• need. This is great news for

Leicestershire. Council Leader, Nick Rushton, said: We have been working together to ensure the network is continually growing… transforming the way remote areas get online.

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Phase 3

• Leicestershire County Council approval obtained on 23

June

• £5.7m public sector investment (including £2.5m

underwrite from County Council) Estimated Timeline

• October 2017 - Initiate an Open Market Review
• Early November 2017 – Host a supplier engagement day
• Mid November 2017 – Launch a State Aid Public Consultation
• December 2017 / January 2018– Based on the result of market

engagement activities and the Public Consultation, determine procurement approach and launch tender(s)

• March/April 2018 – Sign the Contract (or Contracts if more than
• ne supplier is selected)
• Summer/Autumn 2018 – build commences

Technology

Live

Build Complete Live Fibre Rearrangement Survey Cabinet Stood Copper Join Power

Main Fibre Exchange Local Exchange

Fibre Cable Copper Telephone Wire Telephone Cabinet Fibre Cabinet

Main Fibre Exchange Local Exchange

Copper Telephone Wire Telephone Cabinet

Fibre to the Cabinet

(FTTC)

Fibre to the Premise

(FTTP)

Detailed survey and network design undertaken The new fibre broadband cabinet is stood, often long before further work is due Power supply connected by Western Power Cabinet joined to existing or new copper telephone cabinet/network Network rearrangement undertaken; lines connected to the new infrastructure Fibre cabling connected along ducts or overhead from the fibre ‘Head End’ All work, checks and sign offs are complete. Cabinet proceeds to commissioning Customer Ready for Service (CRFS). Cabinet is live and accepting orders

* * * Not all areas will require this

Better Broadband Scheme

Fibre Cable Backhaul Wireless signal

• ‘Government has made a commitment to provide every home and business in the

UK with access to a basic broadband service’

• 13 Satellite / 5 Wireless providers / Now includes 4G
• 120 applications - 70 issued
• 13 applicants have taken out a service
• Majority of applications have been residential – Scheme more suited to

residential customers

Satellite signal

Network Operations Centre Internet backbone

General

• An interactive learning cube has been designed. It will help children

learn about the technologies used in the programme and promote science and engineering subjects.

• The latest project update was sent out within the last fortnight. You can

read it online or join our mailing list by registering on our website.

• We use social media to get the word out. Look out for #fibrewaycode

and fibre flashback on twitter. Retweets greatly appreciated!

Communications

• We have a new mascot! Introducing the Fibre Fox.
• A ‘name the fibre fox’ competition will be launched shortly.

Please feel free to send us your suggestions

• Content can be provided for your parish council website,

newsletter or facebook page to promote superfast broadband availability.

• Why is all this important? Take-up! The better the take-up

the more money we get back to reinvest in broadband.

Universal Service Obligation

• The right to demand access to 10Mbps minimum
• Government and Ofcom consultations now closed
• Two options under review:

a) Mandatory scheme b) Voluntary offer

• Friday 6 October – Openreach published details
• f voluntary offer:

– called the UBC (universal broadband coverage), will cost £450m to £600m funded by increasing wholesale prices – The UBC would see 98.5% of homes and businesses connected to a fixed broadband by 2020 and 99 per cent by 2022. – Remaining properties would be connected via a fixed-wireless network or satellite. – Previously announced plans to develop long-range VDSL networks, which speed up copper lines, have been put on hold

Parish Updates

Blaby Extensive Commercial coverage from multiple operators. Two cabinets delivered (Western Drive and the Industrial Park) Burton & Dalby Some commercial coverage from Buckminster Broadband. Three cabinets planned and being built; Melton Mowbray 45,46 & 47 all serving Great Dalby. Work not yet underway. Charley All in one cabinet planned. Abbey Road. Work not yet underway. Alternative solutions required from properties to south of parish.

East Langton Some commercial coverage from Gigaclear. Two cabinets delivered; Main Street, Church Langton and Main Street East, Langton. Ellistown & Battleflat Significant commercial coverage from multiple operators. One cabinet delivered; Ibstock Road, Ellistown (FTTC) Great Easton Extensive commercial coverage from HERBS Broadband. One cabinet delivered; Caldecott Road, Great Easton in Phase 1.

Houghton on the Hill Extensive commercial coverage from BT. Husbands Bosworth Two cabinets delivered on Bell Lane and The Green, Husbands Bosworth. Phase 1

Questions / Drop in Sessions

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