Completed Projects

2. Completed Projects The Exchange At Sturminster Newton Rivers Meet Leisure Centre in Gillingham

3. New Trailway Bridge & Supporters The Three Choughs - Site for the new Community Centre

4. Projects to date The Exchange at Sturminster Newton The Rivers Meet Leisure Centre in Gillingham The Trailway – 2 new bridges – 9 miles open. Two TICs saved and operating successfully New multi-user Community Centre about to open Angus Wood – Community Wood in Blandford We are accustomed to working as a community and we are accustomed to being successful

5. Broadband Project Steve Adamson Team Leader CPEND Broadband Project

6. The Broadband Project The Aims and Objectives “To improve the Broadband speed and access to everybody in North Dorset 68,000 people 23,000 households 2900 businesses“

7. The Broadband Project The credibility factor If this project was to be taken seriously we initially needed two things: A Survey to show “Proof of Need” A Report, Review or Business Plan This was to become Phase One of the project.

8. The Broadband Project Key Steps We got the evidence We got initial funding We got a report from an industry expert We got as many supporters as possible We got real (but stayed ambitious!)

9. DPSN Plus CPEND Broadband Project Darren Roberts Helen Heanes DPSN Project Team Dorset Public Services – Working Together 13th May 2011

10. DPSN Plus • DPSN Update • Procurement • DPSN+ • BD-UK

11. DPSN Vision “To deliver and facilitate high quality network services for both Dorset’s public service providers and the wider community to ensure the county is fit to prosper and grow in the future”

12. DPSN Procurement • Framework agreement to provide corporate Wide Area Network and associated services to the public sector • Public Sector Procurement – April 2010 to May 2011 • Preferred supplier – KCOM Group Plc

13. DPSN+ Work stream

14. DPSN+ Work stream

15. DPSN+ Work stream

16. DPSN Key Contacts:- Sara MoseleyMBE – DPSN Project Lead sara.moseley@dorsetcc.gov.uk – 01305 228238 Helen Heanes - Senior Economic Development Officer h.e.heanes@dorsetcc.gov.uk – 01305 224677 Darren Roberts – DPSN Client Manager d.roberts@dorsetcc.gov.uk – 01305 225707 www.dorsetforyou.com/dpsn

17. Survey Response Rob Leenderts CPEND Technical Team Leader Sector Development Manager – Cable&Wireless Worldwide INCA Board Member

18. THE SURVEY Internet users 40,000 Population 90,000 Geographical Coverage

19. THE SURVEY 1123 Responses 920 On-line 203 Hard copy Out of the above total returns 861 were considered useable 663 had a near complete data set. 99% connected to the internet by conventional land line. “Probably one of the best rural broadband surveys in the world”

20. THE SURVEY Respondents reported speeds Respondents reporting of current broadband speeds can be unreliable and this factor is addressed in Adrian’s report

21. THE SURVEY Respondents reported speeds are plotted against a background of the speeds projected by BT based on line capability Mapping

22. THE SURVEY User satisfaction The above chart shows the degree of User Satisfaction for all respondents in answer to the question – “Are you happy with the current speed of your broadband? As can be seen the satisfaction levels are miserably low

23. THE SURVEY All respondents Willingness to pay for improved service From the above chart it can be seen that dissatisfied users are not always willing or able to pay for a higher level of service provision however a large percentage of people were.

24. THE SURVEY Responses fitting this criteria were from the following economic group. Full details in survey report. Business respondents

25. THE SURVEY Critical Business users

26. THE SURVEY Internet service providers (ISP)

27. Report Findings Adrian Wooster Independent Broadband Consultant

28. Sowing Seeds A rural broadband landscape

29. GVA & ICT For the South West, GVA linked with ICT is estimated to be half of its Eastern neighbour Source: Adroit Economics

30. League Tables Average Speeds Today Competition • South West has: • Above average broadband speeds now • But the lowest levels of investment & competition for the future * Source CBN/Samknows/CRC

31. Up to 31% of postcodes average less than the 2Mbps USC

32. Only Salisbury, Warminster and Wimborne have sufficient competition for them to deregulated

33. Nationally, Virgin Media cable services reach around 50% of homes Here, Virgin Media cable services reach just 11 postcodes But this may be an opportunity

34. Mobile coverage is not currently an alternative, and would require greater backhaul to improve

35. With up to 1,000 Mbps available in Bournemouth this poses a risk to the local economy

36. We need to think. . . . Big Company Government Society • Australia Massive public investment but probably illegal in Europe and not viable in this climate anyway • South Korea Massive private investment & an important part of the solution but not all of it • Europe Local investments leveraging communities to find solutions where no-one else can

37. Amsterdam Blandford Blewbury Alston Manchester Digital Isolation

38. Community Commitment Witney Blewbury Alston Manchester Digital Isolation

39. Anchor tenant? • Middle-mile? • BD-UK? • Community bond investment • Pro-forma order

40. Models for intervention

41. Finding the money

42. Community investment

43. Shared risk & reward Public sector typically has lower appetite for risk but can take a long view on investments Commercial network builders often have a higher appetite for risk but tend to need a faster return * Taken from Geo’s experience with Welsh Assembly Government

44. The options • A practical compromise • In some locations the cost and community ambition make fibre an option • In other areas, a fibre to the cabinet solution will be more practical • And a wireless solution can provide a catch-all

45. So. . . The area experiences below average broadband speeds and below average competition for services No-one is going to fix this alone Ensuring you are ready for the future will require Big Society investment as well as Big Company

46. So. . . BDUK funding is a catalyst – the local broadband strategy is far more important Investors expect a return and broadband should be no different Smart Community, Public and Business investment will need to be married together if you are to remain a vibrant and sustainable community

47. Thank you! Adrian Wooster adrian@wooster.org.uk wooster.org.uk

48. The Dilemma/Considerations Coffee Break

49. The Dilemma/Considerations

50. Closing Address Bob Walter MP For North Dorset