Broadband and LLU Working Group 18 January 2005

1. Broadband and LLU Working Group 18 January 2005

2. Broadband and LLU Working Group • Membership • BT • Industry representatives • Terms of Reference • To ensure a common understanding of the proposed 21CN portfolio • To agree industry requirements for 21CN LLU and broadband services taking account of BT’s SMP obligations, Ofcom policy and technology capability. • Scope • LLU (and related services) and broadband services, taking account of relevant SMP obligations, 21CN capabilities and Ofcom policy.

3. Core Apps & Services Access ‘IP Conveyance Pack 2’ ‘IP Conveyance Pack 1’ ‘IP Conveyance Pack 3’ Base Access Backhaul SP Network Bitstream Copper, Fibre & Wireless Internet / WWW OnNet Content/Apps Derived Voice Hosting / SANS Security etc 3rd Party (IP, ATM, Ethernet) 3rd Party LLU Traffic Management And QoS New Core portfolio of Conveyance Options to on- or off- net destinations Includes IP interconnect Wholesale and/or white label Applications and services Including hosting Multi-Service Ubiquitous Access Broadband - The 21C access and service vision

4. Broadband Roadmap – Existing products • Key Events driving Consultation Timeline • Confirm ongoing availability and roadmap of enhancements • ATM Network Plans • Method of Closure • Industry Forum’s

5. BT Wholesale Broadband & LLU Roadmap -an introduction… • The following slides show BT Wholesale’s ‘road map’ of change events and activities. • The time-line indicates how BT Wholesale’s Broadband and LLU products and technologies are planned to change to meet the needs of our customers. The slides are not intended to cover any price changes. • This is BT Wholesale’s best view of plans to develop the Broadband and LLU area and may be subject to change at any time by BT. Customers should discuss these plans with their account managers before developing their business plans. • Feedback from Customers is welcomed, either on specifics or general aspects of the Roadmap. • This document will be updated on a quarterly basis or earlier depending on the needs of our Customers. • BT Wholesale continues to work on other developments which are in early stages of evaluation/feasibility and are not shown on the roadmap. These will be added once we have a better view of delivery dates. Issue 3 Final 22/12/2004 Page 2 of 7

6. Committed / Achieved project Reference No 1 Key Launch / Target date Planned Sep Roadmap event Evolution Path Reduced Lead time of SDSL end user accesses IPS to DS bulk migration IPS to IPS migrations (Strategic) BT IPStream Home 2000 73 76 1 Ach Ach Jan Feb 10 100% BB Reach SDSL Rollout to 229 sites SDSL Rollout increased to 300 sites 2 Ach Usage Based Charging 7 4 Mar Ach VS/VS+ Withdrawal 8 Dec Feb 45 BT Central Extra BT Central + Interface Option Ach Jan 27 40 Network Uplift Programme BT VideoStream Feb-July 5 Issue 3 Final 22/12/2004 Page 3 of 7 BT Wholesale Broadband & LLU Portfolio & Platform Development Roadmap EXISTING Oct-Dec 04 Jan-Mar 05 July-Sep 04 A/SDSL BT IPStream 250Kb-2Mb BT IPstream A/SDSL BT DataStream 250Kb-2Mb BT Datastream Videostream BT Central & BT Central + BT Centrals

7. Committed / Achieved project Reference No 1 Key Launch / Target date Planned Sep Roadmap event Evolution Path LLU Industrialisation - 1 39 ongoing LLU SDSL repair activities Ach 57 Service & System capability Migrations to LLU tactical Various Fault Mgmt & Test access changes Bulk Speed Regrade 14 Ach LLU Movers BB Movers Day1 Dec 33 Feb 35 30 31 Ach Mar BB Platform capability 20K/d BB Platform capability 30K/d BB Platform capability 60K/d BT Datastream VP automation Ach Ach Jan 36 37 38 Dec 16 BT Wholesale Broadband & LLU Portfolio & Platform Development Roadmap Issue 3 Final 22/12/2004 Page 4 of 7 Oct-Dec 04 Jan-Mar 05 EXISTING July-Sep 04 80 80 Enhanced Care Customer Reporting

8. Committed / Achieved project Reference No 1 Key Launch / Target date Planned Sep Roadmap event Evolution Path BT Centrals Session Steering 92 TBC SDSL Rollout @ any DSL sites based on demand SDSL Rollout increased to1300 sites 9 12 From Mar Mar 2 Way QoS End user speed control VP downgrades – removal of minimum term reset Removal of port reservations Introduction of multiple VP Credit 48 TBC BT Centrals Domain Name Changes BT Central+ for Business Q1 Q1 July Apr-Jun 67 6 60 65 BT IPstream downstream QoS TBC TBC 47 46 51 Oct High Bandwidth BB Oct - Dec 54 BT Wholesale Broadband & LLU Portfolio & Platform Development Roadmap Issue 3 Final 22/12/2004 Page 5 of 7 Apr-Jun 05 Jul-Sep 05 Oct-Dec 05 Jan-Mar 06 BT IPstream BT Datastream BT Centrals

9. Committed / Achieved project Reference No 1 Key Launch / Target date Planned Sep Roadmap event Evolution Path LLU Industrialisation -2 LLU Migration to Strategic. Solution (start) TBC TBC 80 41 39 21 CN Release 5.1 BB Growth on 2nd Gen DSLAM 94 Apr 21 CN Release 5.3 BB access tails on strategic platform 21 CN Release 5.4 - Growth of 2nd Gen. DSLAMs 96 95 Jan Oct BB TAM Rollout Aug 66 BB Movers D2 BB & LLU migrations strategic Concorde Nwk Health Reports Replacement IPS – DS Migration enhancements Enhancing BBCR Q4 68 49 TBC July Apr 50 55 43 TBC BT Wholesale Broadband & LLU Portfolio & Platform Development Roadmap Issue 3 Final 22/12/2004 Page 6 of 7 Apr-Jun 05 Jul-Sep 05 Oct-Dec 05 Jan-Mar 06 LLU Service & System capability

10. PROPOSAL FOR F UTURE LLU DISCUSSIONS • LLU Issues raised at Consult21 events have been restatements of issues being managed with the Adjudicator and the LLU development programme • New 21CN Requirements will be managed via the MSAN Interconnect theme • No separate/additional Consult21 LLU programme proposed • BT proposes to use LLU Industry Meeting as primary means of ongoing consultation

11. PROPOSAL FOR FUTURE BROADBAND DISCUSSIONS Use existing Forums plus one new Broadband Forum: • Large ISP Workshop Next meeting 14 Feb 2005 • Specialist ISP Workshop Next Meeting 18 Feb 2005 • Proposed Broadband Infrastructure Forum. Proposed Meeting w/c 21 Feb