Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director October 2014

Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director

October 2014

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BBfN Intervention Area

• Total 413,000 premises in Norfolk• 233,000 premises would not get access to NGA without

public subsidy• Of these premises, over 34,000 would have speeds of

less than 2Mbps


Investing in broadband infrastructure

– How much investment?– £15 million Norfolk County Council investment– £15.4 million BDUK investment from Government– £11 million capital and all operating costs from BT

– Why invest?– Broadband seen as a vital ‘fourth utility’, essential for

businesses and residents


Norfolk County Council objectives

– The delivery of economic benefits, based on significant levels of ‘speed uplift’ (the amount of broadband speed increase from the current service) made possible by improved broadband infrastructure availability in large parts of Norfolk by implementing Next Generation Access broadband infrastructure

– 2Mbps speeds as a minimum, right across Norfolk, so that everyone who wants access to broadband can have it


Economic outcomes

– 1,337 additional jobs over 10 years (equivalent to 0.61% of Norfolk’s current private sector employment)

– £88 million in additional annual GVA (Gross Value added) by 2021/22, equivalent to 0.64% of Norfolk’s current total GVA

– Discounting at 3.5%, as per HM Treasury guidance, the present value of the net GVA impact is £401 million over a ten year appraisal period


Expected coverage

– It is anticipated that by 2015, 89% of premises in Norfolk will be served by Next Generation Access infrastructure providing major speed uplift with 83% of premises in Norfolk able to access speeds in excess of 24 Mbps by the end of 2015

– Infrastructure capable of delivering a minimum of 2 Mbps will be available for 100% of premises in Norfolk by the end of 2015


Broadband Definitions

• Basic Broadband - speed of 2Mbps to 24Mbps

• Superfast Broadband - speed of over 24Mbps

• Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband infrastructure - is a ‘wired’ technology consisting wholly or partially of fibre optic elements


Network Architecture – FTTC (Fibre to the cabinet)

Local Telephone Exchange

E side

D side

DP

PCP

xAggregation node

Head-end Exchange

Fibre Spine

Copper ties

LV connection

New PCP DSLAM


How do we ensure maximum coverage for the available investment

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How do we ensure maximum coverage for the available investment

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Up to 80

Mbps

500 m38 Mbps

1 Km

24 Mbps

Sub 2Mbps3 Km

Distance from the cabinet influences speed


Choice for residents and businesses

– Provides an ‘Open’ broadband infrastructure that Retail Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be able to use to deliver broadband services to Norfolk residents and businesses

– This means you can buy broadband services from many Internet Service Providers, not just BT

– Currently over 90 ISPs of varying sizes deliver fibre based Internet Services using BT infrastructure across the UK providing choice for customers


How do we ensure the maximum coverage for the available investment

– Better Broadband for Norfolk hasn’t identified specific locations for upgrade as we do not want to create technical constraints

– Rollout will be based on a balance between achieving the largest speed uplift and the cost of doing so – the amount of benefit for the investment available

– To move away from the most efficient rollout possible by seeking to affect the order in which implementation takes place would, ultimately, result in less coverage for Norfolk


Activities that must take place for each phase

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Phase 5

Phase 6

Phase 7

Phase 8

Phase 9

Survey & Design

ISPs provide service

Implementation

2013 2014 2015 Sept Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct

Alternative Technology


Overall Plan

– Contracts signed 21 December 2012

– First services available from Internet Service Providers July 2013, 3 months ahead of schedule

– Implementation is on schedule

– Over 90,000 properties connected by end September 2014

– Current programme complete late 2015


Further funding

– Government has allocated a further £250 million, Norfolk has been offered £9.59 million

– We have secured over £18.4 million in total


Hillingdon

– 174 properties in Hillingdon

– 164 of which are served from Hillingdon cabinet 3, Station Rd junction with Fakenham Rd. Rest Exchange Only Lines – Phase 8 via new cabinets

– Overall Hillingdon cabinet has 284 properties, including Flitcham and Anmer

– Kings Lynn Head-end Exchange

– Spread out area, two new cabinets subject to survey• New cabinet 4 proposed for Flitcham• New cabinet 5 between Flitcham and Anmer


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Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director October 2014