ranulf scarbrough
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FTTH Conference 2013TRANSCRIPT
Superfast Cornwall:
Ranulf ScarbroughBT Group
a superfast broadband partnership for rural transformation
Cornwall ...
population: 532,000
peripheral location:train to London 5½ hours
small rural market towns
weak economy:GVA 65% of UK average
qualified for EU structural funds:ERDF Convergence 2007‐2013
a bold aspiration …£132m partnership
open access
100% coverage with 80‐90% fibre
infrastructure foreconomic transformation
10,000 business
connections
4,000 new jobs a rural fibre exemplar
gap funded investor build/own/operate
future‐proofing productivity &competitiveness risk
sharing
value for money
fibre underpinning transformation …
world class fibre broadband network
driving high levels of participation
business support
digitalskills
public sector transformation
digital inclusion
environmental sustainability
benefits evaluation
research &innovation
the Big Build …
FTTC + FTTP
long lines
high power costsblocked ducts
narrow lanes
buried cable
electricity poles
small / congested cabs
dispersed customers
copperrearrangementdirect
exchangelines
network inventory
fibre‐on‐demand
duct congestion surveys & planning
offices & flats
environmental(SSSI, AOONB…)
highwayscoordinationway leaves
how are we doing … ?startedOct‐10
rolloutcompletes
2014
50%+complete
1st customerJan‐11
20,000+happy customers
30 ISPs withconnections
prices from£15 pcm 330Mbps
fibre‐on‐demand
a powerful partnership model for rural fibre broadband deployment
extensive rural fibre underpinning economic & social transformation
a crucial role forestablished operators
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