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Northern Ireland’s Superfast Platform

Northern Ireland’s Superfast Platform. Stephen Mullan www.nibroadband.com. The Broadband Journey. Homes / Businesses. Exchange. Cabinet. Copper – DSL Up to 8Mbit/s. Copper. Backhaul, core network and Service Provider interconnect. 1st Generation. Copper – next generation Up to 24Mbit/s.

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Northern Ireland’s Superfast Platform

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  1. Northern Ireland’s Superfast Platform Stephen Mullan www.nibroadband.com

  2. The Broadband Journey Homes / Businesses Exchange Cabinet Copper – DSLUp to 8Mbit/s Copper Backhaul, core network and Service Provider interconnect 1st Generation Copper – next generationUp to 24Mbit/s Copper Fibre to the cabinet Up to 80Mbit/s with improved upstream rates Fibre Copper Next Generation Fibre to the premiseUp to 300Mbit/s with improved upstream rates Fibre All provided on an ‘open access’ basis

  3. >£50m Invested in Northern Ireland

  4. Northern Ireland’s Next Generation Fibre Broadband Journey Mar 2009 Dec 2009 - Mar 2011 Jan 2011 Jan 2011 Feb 2011 BT accelerates its NI rollout of NGB Fibre, as part of £2.5bn UK wide project Fibre contract awarded through NI Broadband Fund BT announces NGB fibre investment, as part of £2.5bn UK-wide project DETI & BT roll out Next Generation Broadband Project (£51M) Investment in UK City of Culture 2013 Balmoral, Newtownards, Bangor, and Lisburn become the first locations passed by Fibre programme (279 cabinets) 100% of cabinets fibre-enabled in Derry City (110 cabinets) 90% of Northern Ireland premises connected to a fibre cabinet by March 2012 (783 cabinets) 1,265 cabinets across 169 exchange areas by April 2011 Additional 23 cabinets in rural areas

  5. Currently Northern Ireland exceeds coverage of major European incumbent fibre deployments 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% % of total premises 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Northern Belgium Switzerland Germany France UK Netherlands Austria Italy Ireland N.B. Figures used for other countries are for HHs passed and end 2012 whilst NI figure is lines passed, by March 2012 however, households with a second line in NI are low enough for a like-for-like comparison

  6. By end of 2015, WITHOUTany further expansion NI will continue to exceed coverage of major European incumbent fibre deployments 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% % of total premises 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Northern Switzerland Belgium Germany Great Italy France Netherlands Austria Ireland Britain N.B. Figures used for other countries are for HHs passed and end 2012 whilst NI figure is lines passed, by March 2012 however, households with a second line in NI are low enough for a like-for-like comparison

  7. 90%

  8. Can Rural Areas get Fibre?

  9. Over 70% of new fibre cabinets provided as part of the DETI project were in rural locations. • Over 3,500km of fibre was installed predominantly in rural areas.

  10. Leading the way in the UK

  11. Highest fibre availability • Highest fibre uptake • Highest average download speeds

  12. “A telecommunications infrastructure that is the envy of many other countries” Jonathan Rose, Director of Ofcom Northern Ireland

  13. How to get fibre broadband? • The network is open access • Check availability on nibroadband.com • Currently 25 internet service providers

  14. Why can’t I get fibre broadband? • A distance dependent technology • Fibre broadband is available up to approx. 2km from a fibre enabled cabinet

  15. What can I do about it? Speak to your CP Speak to your local MLA Lobby DETI

  16. www.nibroadband.com follow us on Twitter at @SuperfastNI Northern Ireland’s source of information and news about fibre broadband

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