1 / 10

Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director

Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director. September 2016. Better Broadband for Norfolk objective. To achieve the maximum coverage for the available investment No community prioritised over any other

harrye
Download Presentation

Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director September 2016

  2. Better Broadband for Norfolk objective To achieve the maximum coverage for the available investment No community prioritised over any other There are all types of users in all communities, both residents and businesses Implementation only confirmed following survey The most efficient rollout, to achieve maximum coverage for the available funding. This means rollout plans are flexible

  3. Local Telephone Exchange DP PCP E side D side Network Architecture – FTTC (Fibre to the cabinet) New PCP DSLAM Head-end Exchange LV connection x Copper ties Aggregation node Fibre Spine

  4. How do we ensure maximum coverage for the available investment Hunstanton Holt North Walsham Fakenham Kings Lynn Dereham Great Yarmouth Norwich City Swaffham Norwich West Wisbech Attleborough Downham Market Long Stratton Lowestoft Bungay Thetford Dickleborough Illustration only

  5. Distance from the cabinet influences speed Up to 80 Mbps 500 m 38 Mbps 1 Km 24 Mbps 1.5 Km 15 Mbps 3 Km Sub 2Mbps

  6. Norfolk fibre coverage without BBfN • Norfolk properties: 424,000 • Access to fibre infrastructure via commercial deployments (BT Openreach/ Virgin Media 180,000 – 42% • No fibre coverage 244,000 – 58% including 34,000 properties with speeds of less than 2Mbps

  7. One of the lowest levels of Superfast coverage based on commercial investment - 42% Current Coverage Below 2 Mbps (USC):1.58% £50 million+ will increase coverage to 95% of Norfolk properties by March 2020

  8. Somerton 115 properties - currently connected directly to the Wintertontelephone exchange 4 new fibre structures are planned under the contract extension with implementation in 2019 • 85 in West Somerton with 83 properties expected to be fibre enabled • 30 in East Somerton with only 9 properties planned to be fibre enabled • Where coverage is not currently planned it will be assessed during survey: • Gardeners Cottage • Honey Pot • Keepers Cottage • West Lodge • Somerton Hall • Somerton Hall Lodge • Bloodhills (7) • Burney Hall • Collis Lane (6) • Coronation Farm • 1 and 2 New Cottage

  9. Online Checkers • BT Wholesale Line Checker https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/adsl.htm • Search by phone number for BT ISP customers. Use the Address Checker for other ISP customers by choosing Address Checker, entering your postcode, press submit and select your address from the list • When a fibre solution is installed residents need to contact their Internet Service Provider, or any other. Speeds don’t automatically increase – best to shop around for the best deal http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio/price-comparison

  10. Basic Broadband Voucher Scheme for properties with less the 2Mbps • Central Government Scheme is available • Voucher for set-up and installation • Government’s Guidance Note and Application Form on the Better Broadband for Norfolk website www.betterbroadbandnorfolk.co.uk

More Related