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Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust

Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust. Broadband Pilot Project. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Area. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Area. Defined by AB37 9 Post Code Population 1000 sparsely distributed Rural area with farming, whisky and tourism main employers – small businesses retail

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Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust

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  1. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Development Trust Broadband Pilot Project

  2. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Area

  3. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Area • Defined by AB37 9 Post Code • Population 1000 sparsely distributed • Rural area with farming, whisky and tourism main employers – small businesses retail • Topography defined by Rivers Livet and Avon • Most remote area – the Braes of Glenlivet

  4. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Area

  5. Current provision • Initially lots of conflicting opinion • Reports of: • No service or slow with frequent outages • Poor download speeds for normal internet searches • Properties close to exchanges unaware of the problem • Adjacent properties reporting good and poor service • Need for reliable and objective data linked to geography

  6. First Steps • Survey to Community asking for: • Download and upload speeds • Speed test link attached to survey • Post code and address • Would they subscribe to a community broadband service • How much would they be willing to pay against set levels of service

  7. Survey Results • 20 % of community completed the survey • 91% of those responding would support a community broadband service. • 97% of those responding had a high commitment level to signing up • Price people were willing to pay reflected current market prices

  8. Survey Results

  9. Survey Results • Each property responding plotted on a map • Colour code to reflect line speed range • Clear and reliable indication where poor service (less than 2mb/s) exists • Correlation between good service and exchanges • Anomalies to be investigated

  10. Next Steps • Evaluating options • Future Fibre provision uncertain • Scheme to based around current exchange • Flexibility for future fibre provision • Flexibility to expand coverage • Initially less than 2mb/s properties targeted • Flexibility to increase speed and customers • Wireless most practical option

  11. Project Vision • Further development required on: • Transmitter sites at exchange and shadowed areas • Develop costings, business plan and sales proposals • Go back to community for firm commitment • Procure main mast and relay sites • Installation of equipment and customer receivers • Establish and operating company • Go live

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