northern irelands superfast platform stephen mullan
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Northern Ireland’s Superfast Platform
Stephen Mullanwww.nibroadband.com
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Copper – next generationUp to 24Mbit/s
Fibre to the cabinet Up to 80Mbit/s with improved upstream ratesFibre to the premiseUp to 300Mbit/s with improved upstream rates
CopperFibre
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All provided on an ‘open access’ basis
The Broadband Journey
>£50mInvested in Northern Ireland
Mar 2009 Dec 2009- Mar 2011
Jan 2011 Jan 2011
Northern Ireland’s Next Generation Fibre Broadband Journey
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)
1,265 cabinets
across 169 exchange areas by April 2011
Additional 23 cabinets in rural areas
Feb 2011
DETI & BT roll out Next
Generation Broadband
Project (£51M)
BT announces NGB fibre
investment, as part of
£2.5bn UK-wide project
Fibre contract awarded through
NI Broadband Fund
Investment inUK City of
Culture 2013
BT accelerates its NI rollout
of NGB Fibre,
as part of
£2.5bn UK wide project
90% of Northern Ireland
premises connected to a fibre cabinet by
March 2012 (783 cabinets)
Currently Northern Ireland exceeds coverage of major European incumbent fibre deployments
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
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By end of 2015, WITHOUT any further expansion NI will continue to exceed coverage of major European incumbent fibre
deployments
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
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Can Rural Areas get Fibre?
• 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.
Leading the way in the UK
• Highest fibre availability
• Highest fibre uptake
• Highest average download speeds
“A telecommunications infrastructure that is the envy of many
other countries”Jonathan Rose, Director of Ofcom Northern Ireland
How to get fibre broadband?
• The network is open access • Check availability on
nibroadband.com
• Currently 25 internet service providers
Why can’t I get fibre broadband?
• A distance dependent technology
• Fibre broadband is available up to approx. 2km from a fibre enabled cabinet
What can I do about it?
Lobby DETI
Speak to your CP
Speak to your local MLA
www.nibroadband.com
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Northern Ireland’s source of information and news about fibre broadband