Innovation in Infrastructure Access to Extend Coverage
"For rural areas – if they are connected at all – the average is 3 megabits per second. Will you put up with that? The people of Rutland didn’t! The result is that Britain’s smallest county has the best broadband. I find this story so inspiring”. Neeli Kroes, EU Vice-President 22/10/2010 Birmingham Recent endorsement in a speech about broadband :
OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE: Rutland expansion Stamford + area North Wales West Yorkshire Track Record – copper line Lyddington
Fibre to the Cabinet - Lyddington Replacing almost 3km of copper from exchange to cabinet with fibre ( BT BES )
...but delivering fibre in rural areas can be (very) expensive Recent example: £165k construction charges to village 3km with only 104 population..need to explore alternatives: own dig (possible and always worth considering) use existing infrastructure….BT’s O.R.Ducts and Poles
DUCTS & POLES Reduce Cost Enable control Enable both FTTC & FTTH
DUCTS & POLES BROADBAND VIA POLES ALREADY TRIALLED PRIVATELY BY VIRGIN WORKSHOPS ALREADY IN PLACE WITH BT OPENREACH ISSUES COMMERCIALLY, REGULATORY & OPERATIONALLY …BUT MOVING AHEAD….REFERENCE OFFERS FROM OPENREACH DUCTS JAN 2011 POLES MAY 2011 THIS WILL ENABLE NOT ONLY LOCAL FIBRE DELIVERY TO THE CABINET BUT, IN AREAS OF LOW POPULATION OR WHERE NO PCP EXISTS (EXCHANGE ONLY LINES)
F.T.T.N ? FIBRE TO THE NODE LOW DENSITY DSLAM (24) SUITABLE FOR E.O.L. …BUT WOULD ONLY WORK WITH AFFORDABLE FIBRE
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