1. Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director
May 2017
Karen O’Kane - Better Broadband for Norfolk Programme Director

2. Better Broadband for Norfolk objective
County Councillors set objectives within wider Government policy:
To achieve the maximum Superfast (24Mbps+ download speed) coverage for the available investment.
No community prioritised over any other. The rollout is based on the cost to provide a specific fibre solution, divided by the number of properties that will benefit to provide a per property cost.  Funding is then allocated on this basis 
The most efficient rollout, to achieve maximum coverage for the available funding. This means rollout plans are subject to survey and timescales within the overall end date are flexible

3. Norfolk fibre coverage without BBfN
Norfolk properties: 424,000
Access to fibre infrastructure via commercial deployments (BT Openreach/ Virgin Media 180,000 – 42%
No fibre coverage 244,000 – 58% including 34,000 properties with speeds of less than 2Mbps

4. Better Broadband for Norfolk coverage
BBfN1 another 42% of Norfolk properties fibre cabinets implemented between July 2013 and September 2015 – so combined with commercial coverage 84% of Norfolk properties
BBfN2 for another 11% of Norfolk properties. 1,100 new fibre structures will be implemented December 2015 and March Almost twice as many structures to serve only a quarter of the number of properties as under BBfN1
5% of Norfolk properties will still not have access

5. BBfN funding – fully allocated
The basis of the contract is “gap funding”. This means the subsidy available is the cost to deploy the infrastructure, minus the revenue the infrastructure generates. BBfN funding is:
Public sector investment will be £48 million, from Government, Local Enterprise Partnership, Norfolk County Council and the five rural District Councils
BT will contribute over £15 million capital and all operating costs
Contract protections mean if Take-up of services using the new infrastructure is higher than expected, BT pays a rebate

6. Network Architecture – FTTC (Fibre to the cabinet)
Local Telephone Exchange
E side
D side DP
PCP
New PCP
DSLAM x
Aggregation node
Head-end Exchange
Fibre Spine
Copper ties
LV connection

7. Distance from the cabinet influences speed
Up to 80 Mbps
500 m
38 Mbps
1 Km
24 Mbps
1.5 Km
15 Mbps 3 Km
Sub 2Mbps

8. Network Architecture – FTTP (Fibre to the premise)
Local Telephone Exchange
E side
D side DP
PCP x
Aggregation node
Head-end Exchange
Fibre Spine

9. How do we ensure maximum coverage for the available investment
Hunstanton
Holt
North Walsham
Kings Lynn
Fakenham
Dereham
Norwich
City
Great
Yarmouth
Swaffham
Norwich
West
Wisbech
Attleborough
Downham Market
Long
Stratton
Lowestoft
Bungay
Thetford
Dickleborough
Illustration only

10.
GREEN = 15Mbps+ available and no further plans
AMBER = Fibre solution planned
BLUE = Some properties have a solution planned
RED = Currently no fibre plans

11. Checking coverage and available ISPs
To find the structure your property is served from:
Search using the Address Checker option, then enter your postcode, press submit and select your address from the list
Once a fibre solution is available a “VDSL” option will be shown
Current copper infrastructure is described as “ADSL”

12. Corpusty – planned coverage
CORPUSTY has 270 properties which are currently served via Saxthorpe Exchange Only Lines
A new fibre cabinet is scheduled for implementation during April – June 2018 which will provide access for 250 properties
A Fibre to the Premises solution is planned for a further 9 properties during early 2020
There are 11 properties where no fibre solution is currently planned within postcodes NR116QX and NR116XA
Planned coverage is subject to survey

13. Saxthorpe – planned coverage
SAXTHORPE has 111 properties
 106 properties which are currently served via Saxthorpe Exchange Only Lines:
A new fibre cabinet is scheduled for implementation during April – June 2018 which will provide access for 89 properties
A Fibre to the Premises solution is planned for 11 properties during July – September 2018
There are 6 properties where no fibre solution is currently planned in postcodes NR117BQ, NR117BT and NR117BW
There are 5 properties in postcode NR117BH currently served from Salhouse cabinet 6 which are too far from that cabinet to have increased speeds and no fibre solution is currently planned
Planned coverage is subject to survey

14. Basic Broadband Voucher Scheme for properties with less the 2Mbps
Central Government Scheme is available, voucher for set-up
All three Norfolk wireless providers are suppliers on the scheme
ITsWisp -
Symettris -
WiSpire -
Specialist satellite provider
Rural Broadband -
Government’s Guidance Note and Application Form on the Better Broadband for Norfolk website 14