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Fastershire Presentation to the
Herefordshire Media Network
June 11th 2013
Matt Smith Operations Manager
Broadband Need
• Fast, reliable & resilient internet access increasingly important for business & society
• Evermore bandwidth hungry applications entering the market
• Greater need to run multiple applications across the same connection
• Increased need particularly in your sector to access fast upload potential
The Solution & the NGA Challenge
• NGA Broadband (& for the most part Fibre Optic) seen as the future proofed solution
• To date commercial NGA deployment only reached the more urban areas of the UK
• Viability in rural Herefordshire among the lowest in the UK due to the low & disbursed population
Fastershire timeline to date
• Partnership between Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Councils to overcome market failure to deliver NGA
• 2010/11 Gov approves H&G funds (1 of 4 UK pilots)
• Local & Central Government funds total >£35m
• 18 month procurement started in June 2011
• Contract signed with BT December 2012
• Project Launched March 2013
What will be Delivered
• Deployment 2013-2016
• 100% USC 2Mbps> – BET
– Emerging Technology
– & Satellite
• 90%* Fibre Footprint – FTTC & FTTP
• It’s a big job! – >1m working hours
– 2,500 Km fibre laid
– 800 new green cabinets
• Peak Deployment 2014/15 *Includes commercial areas
Eligible Area
What’s happening now?
• Planning & surveys complete by September 2013
• Can’t deliver to every area at the same time, so some areas will be go live before others
• First communities announced – Much Marcle
– Ross on Wye
– Symonds Yat
– Upton Bishop &
– St Weonards
When will I know
• Line checker at www.fastershire.com
• Live from Summer 2013
• The plan for your line will appear 1 year before being able to place an order
What if I’m in the 10%
• Not necessarily obvious – St Weonards & Much Marcle among 1st Places
• Key Ambition – “no one who needs NGA will be left without it”
• ‘Passport to Fastershire’ – For those not receiving NGA through the main project
who can prove the need
– Mixture of direct grants & opportunities to extend the contract delivery into other areas
– Keep abreast of your eligibility through wwwfastershire.com
When its available
• Next task is to help SMEs understand the benefits & increase the
– Take-up & optimisation of NGA Broadband and the
– Return on the investment to the county’s economy
• What’s available now
– Hereford Game
• What’s available in the future
– CREATE
Need some basic advice now?
• Free On-Line Advisor
• Supported by the UK IT Association & FSB
• To be launched at the 3CS on Friday
• Available at www.UKITA.co.uk/herefordshire
• Get pointers on the type of broadband you require & the ways in which it can transform your business
CREATE Connecting Rural Enterprise for A Transnational Economy
• Herefordshire Council the lead partner in CREATE
• Funded by the INTERREG IVB Programme
• Working with other regions in – France
– Belgium
– Ireland &
– Scotland
• Developing ways to increase demand
for NGA broadband
Opportunities for the Local Media Sector
• Small Scale tenders – Logo branding & software development
• Clustering – Transnational exchanges & consortia opportunities
• Diagnostics – to help understand the benefits & opportunities bespoke
to your business
Staying In Touch
• www.fastershire.com
• E-Newsletter
• Linked In
• You Tube
• Tel: 01432 260609
