Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire Limited is a Community Benefit Society registered in England and Wales under the

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. Registration Number 7186

Fibre for Rural NottinghamshireA Community Benefit Society

Community Meeting

Arthur Radford Hall, Morton

Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th January 2016

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Start-ups are inherently risky and the community venture should be considered in that light. Purchase of shares should be considered primarily as a community investment not a financial investment

PW

Todays event

Introductions

History & BT position

Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire as an enterprise

Launch of F4RN share offer

Community actions/support

Network plan

Emtelle fibre demonstration

Q & A

Next steps

Refreshments & discussions

PW

Management Committee

PW

History & BT position

Fiskerton cum Morton Action Group

Campaigned to have the Parish included in Notts County Council

plans for BT broadband

Campaign successful BUT:

Plans caught in legal wrangles

If these are resolved superfast broadband is upgrades will not

commence until late 2017/early 2018

The upgraded speed is not known

BT admit that the Parish is “technically challenging”

Options reviewed by Action Group

F4RN established to pursue a Community broadband service

PW

Superfast broadband “expected to be available from July 2017”

Fibre for Rural Nottinghamshire Limited (F4RN)

Established in August 2015 as Community Benefit Society

The Management Committee have funded the start up costs

Offering Community Shares to local people

Each investing member has one vote

Not a “get rich scheme”

Asset lock

Shares cannot transferred or sold to others*

Investing in community projects

Business Plan & Share Offer prepared

Approved by Community Shares Unit

PW

So why are we here?

CH

Barry Forde MBE

CH

Copper vs Fibre Quotes…

Evidence to Parliamentary Committee by Peter Cochrane

former BT Chief Technology Officer, March 2012

“Fibre to the cabinet is one of the biggest mistakes humanity

has made. It ties a knot in the cable in terms of bandwidth

and imposes huge unreliability risks … It is a shame, but I

understand why people have made that decision.”

CH

BT or F4RN?

BT “Fibre to the Cabinet”

Low Risk

Supported by BT

F4RN “Fibre to the Home”

100Mbps to every property in village –upload & downloadPotential to upgrade to 1Gbps or higher100% fibre (with wireless as interim measure in village centre)Delivered this yearQuick repairs - skills in village to carry out repairs backed by “call-out” service with IT companyIf well supported, monthly charge would be much less than BT*Surpluses returned to community

Not delivered until July 2017

38Mbps – download only (76Mbps if

very close to cabinet)

“last mile” is copper or aluminium

cable so subject to faults /

degradation

Speeds drop off considerably with

distance

No guarantee of “3 box solution”

Unlikely to be upgraded to “G.Fast”

(300+Mbps in urban areas)

Repair times depend on BT

Needs Community to come together

to invest and build network

Requires Community to manage

network in longer term

May mean that NCC do not subsidise

BT FTTC solution

No need for Community to do

anything

*Compared to BT 76Mbps connection. When compared to 38Mbps service prices are comparable CH

F4RN Mission

To make available to every house in

Fiskerton and Morton a 100Mbps

symmetrical High Speed Broadband service

JC

What 100Mbps download looks like

191 MB downloads in 13

seconds!!

JC

What do we need from the community?

The investment of £150k

Subscription

Support

JC

The Investment of £150k

F4RN needs £150k to deliver the mission

How?

Community buys shares in F4RN

Minimum of £1k maximum of £15k

One vote regardless of how much you invest

Benefits?

50% of the investment is potentially tax refundable through HMRC under

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)

Interest potentially payable in year 5 onwards on share capital:

The Society Rules set a maximum of 5% or 2% over B.of E. base rate

The Directors may recommend a lower rate based on operating performance

JC

Subscription

How much?

Connection & Equipment £210 (including vat)

Subscription £36 per month (including vat)

Benefits?

Future proofed (very easy to upgrade)

From day 1 we will provide 100Mbps symmetrical broadband, Symmetrical

means same speed up and down (all other providers considerably less for uploading)

You can get rid of your BT line rental and switch to VOIP

Good for gaming/home office (low latency)

Reliable

Not affected by volume of users (contention)

As part of a community benefit society, any profits after interest, go back to

either the community or the subscribers

JC

Support

How?

Stage 1 – Obtaining Wayleaves

Stage 2 – Digging

Stage 3 – Duct Laying

Stage 4 – Installing Access Chambers

Stage 5 – Blowing Fibre

Stage 6 – Splicing

Stage 7 – Installations

Stage 8 – Servicing

Refreshments for the labourers!

Time

Stages

Each stage will

require a team of

people

Full training on each

stage will be given

which can be passed

on

JC

The Network Plan

CH

Blowing Fibre Demonstration

Simon Wade

CH

RECAP

Community Benefit Society business established

Aim: To provide 100% network coverage to properties in the

Parish of Fiskerton-cum-Morton

Providing benefits for investors & Community

Share offer and financial plan overseen by independent bodies

Team in place to lead the project

To move forward we need:

PW

INVESTMENT DECISION

PW

DECISION TIME!

PW

HELP!

PW

HELP!

PW

Outcome

PW

PW

Next Steps

There will be drop in meetings from 7.30pm

19th January – The Full Moon, Morton

20th January – The Bromley, Fiskerton

Share offer is open now!

Share offer ends the 1st week of March, at which point a decision

will be made to continue with program or not, dependent on

support from community and capital raised

PW

Who is supporting our project?

PW

Q&A

Thank you

The Committee are happy to take

questions

PW

Refreshments

If you could kindly fill in the document you were given and leave in the Orange Bin just inside the

door, alternatively please take it home and post to Chris Horne by the 31st of January

Chris Horne (F4RN), 28 Longmead Drive, Fiskerton, Southwell, Notts NG25 0UP

Please help yourself to Teas and Coffees at the back of the room and if you would like to speak to any

committee members 1-2-1, they will be seated at the back

Thank you

PW

PW

Timeline

9th Jan 2016 F4RN Community Share Offer launched

14th Jan 2016 NCC update web site with earlier go live date – “expected available from July 2017”

October 2014 Works start on BT cabinet in Bleasby to enable FTTC It became clear that Fiskerton-cum-Morton were not in NCC plans

February 2015 Petition launched

May 2015 Contract 2 announced. Fiskerton-cum-Morton not included

9th June 2015 Letter from NCC suggesting we may be included in Contract 2 Extension

7th July 2015 Email from Jayne Francis-Ward confirming we are in Contract 2 ExtensionImmediately followed by phone call asking to keep this confidential due to issue with State Aid Funding

6th March 2015 Public meeting with NCC, BT and MP. Clear message that we are not included. Suggestion afterwards from Nicola McCoy-Brown that we could consider a community solution.

Alternatives investigated including JHCS wireless and B4RN FTTH. Superior performance of FTTH over FTTC understood.

4th/5th June 2015 Public Meetings presenting options for better broadband including community scheme

March-June 2015

October 2015 NCC web site shows we are in Contract 2 Extension – but work will not start until October 2017*Later adjusted to read “available from March 2018”*

*NCC website has consistently said that they will try to accelerate the programme

3rd Nov 2015 Full details of villages in Contract 2 published on NCC website

PW

Price Comparison

Price

Speed

38Mbps 40GB / month

£25.4938Mbps

Unlimited

£27.99

76 Mbps Unlimited

£47.99

1000 Mbps Unlimited

£30.00

100 Mbps Unlimited

£36.00

ADSL Unlimited

£22.99

100 Mbps Unlimited

£45.25

1000 Mbps Unlimited

£74.00

JC