Urban and Rural Fibre in the UK
Ranulf ScarbroughBT Group
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The UK’s leading position on Superfast
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But what really counts ...
Partnership across the UK
Superfast Cornwallrural transformation through fibre
population: 534k
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 2007-2015
a bold aspiration …
£132m partnership
open access100% with 80%fibre coverage
infrastructure foreconomic transformation
10,000 businessconnections
4,000 new jobs
a rural fibre exemplar
gap funded investor build/own/operate
futureproofing
productivity &competitiveness
risksharing
some rural FTTC …
a tale of 3 cabs ...
<0.5
>4
2-4
1-2
1-2
0.5-1
>4
n/a
ADSL (Mbps): FTTC (Mbps):
60-80
2-1560-80
60-80
15-40
10:
11:
40-60
.5-1
4:
c.10km of mainly overhead FTTPwith all premises served
4 km
4 km
4 km
4 km
2Mbps+
FTTC
VDSL2
24Mbps+
FTTC ceases to give good performance
c.10km of mainly overhead FTTPwith all premises served
4 km
4 km
62% FTTC (162k)
33% FTTP (85k)
90,000+ connections60+ ISPs
world class rural fibre broadband network
driving high levels of participation
business support
digitalskills
public sector transformation
digital inclusion
environmental sustainability
benefit evaluation
research &innovation
impact ... 2015 results
Plymouth University SERIOquantitative analysis
sample: 2000+JUN-2015
www.superfastcornwall.org/impact
2000+ survey responses
12,000+ SMEs connected (42%)
£186.1m GVA increase already
£30.5m GVA from start-ups
£250m+ by mid-2016
4500 jobs (2000 created; 2500 safeguarded)
connected SMEs’s revenues growing 4.5x faster
50% creating new goods & services
25% reaching new international markets
all from £53.5m of EU funds !
Partnership across the UK
BT 2020 goals: Gfast: 10m ultrafast premises FTTP: 2m ultrafast premises 4G: 95% geographic coverage
powerful partnership model for deployment in uncommercial areas
‘mixed economy’ of solutions essential, but rich with fibre
rural and urban
fixed coverage underpinning mobile coverage
coverage, quality and speed
driving usage + transformation: business, public sector, education, health, inclusion, environmental etc
smart cities + smart rural areas
continuing to be a leading digital economy
Summary
Urban and Rural Fibre Success in the UK
Ranulf ScarbroughBT Group