1. CONNECTING THE GLEN BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND

3. Bogons Bunker Strathyre Exchange Mhor 84 BCB Area

4. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY STATISTICS Households / Properties 170+ Businesses110+ Residents / Occupants 200 - 250 Children28

5. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND BALQUHIDDER BUSINESSES Hotels / Restaurants / Holiday Park 4 Farms12 Tourism Related / Self Catering32 Technology Related9 Builders / Construction8 Professionals / Musicians12 Shops2 Other32

6. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND PROJECT TIMELINE – PRE CBS FUNDING SUPPORT  Survey of Households & Businesses  Engagement with local MP, MSP, Councillors, Community Council, CBS, DSSB & BT  Membership of Stirling Council’s ‘Broadband Advisory Group’  Community Council Broadband Sub-group & community letter writing scheme  FOI request for DSSB/BDUK Contract

7. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND PROJECT TIMELINE – POST CBS FUNDING SUPPORT  On ‘PM’ programme with Eddie Mair  Issue of ITT  Creation of ‘Balquhidder Community Broadband’ Community Interest Company  Working with ITT responses - 2 wireless & 1 fibre  Business Voucher Scheme to plug the gap  Decision – Preferred bidder - Bogons

8. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND Core network: 13.6km fibre dig Extended network: 13.3km fibre dig PROPOSED SOLUTION: COMMUNITY FIBRE Balquhidder Inverlochlarig Strathyre Exchange Mhor 84 Balquhidder Station To Bogons Bunker Immeroin Monachyle Mhor

9. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND PROJECT TIMELINE – POST PREFERRED BIDDER DECISION  Royal Highland Show Broadband Seminar  BVS without warning  Backhaul ECC costs established  Community Meeting – Interest & Volunteer commitment  ‘A Funded Future Proof Community Broadband Infrastructure Scheme’ themed flyer distributed

10. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND

11. PROGRESS  Sign up from 100+ properties  Ground survey arranged for fibre lay  Funding meeting with CBS, Stirling Council & Leader  Arrangements made for advice from Procurement/State Aid consultant  Contact with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Affairs over EU public funding rules

12. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND SETBACK & WAY FORWARD  Ground survey results in at costs TWICE as much as expected!  Examining detailed costs to see where savings can be made  Splitting the contract option  Discussions to upskill local contractors underway  Contact with TNP to provide guidance on requirements for a self dig/lay project

13. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND SETBACK & WAY FORWARD CONTINUED  Meeting with Procurement/State Aid consultants ‘Farrpoint’ held  Discussions with Council to explore other opportunities for support  Council’s Broadband Delivery Group meeting  Meeting with local MSP and MEP  UKNOF Manchester  B4RN Open Day

14. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND BALQUHIDDER’S FUTURE THE GIGA GLEN

15. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND BOGONS DATA CENTRE, CULTYBRAGGAN ~27k sq ft ~150 racks per floor ~ 1Exabyte cold disk storage Cloud/private suites/long term archive

16. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND BOGONS DATA CENTRE, CULTYBRAGGAN

17. BALQUHIDDER COMMUNITY BROADBAND A FINAL THOUGHT “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.”