1. SALC All Area Meeting December 2016 Shaun Dale Paul Coles

2. Some words about BT in the South-West
Source: Regeneris Economic Impact Report 2016

3. BT in Somerset
£99m pa GVA impact
Supports nearly 1200 jobs in the County
Spends £15m pa with Somerset suppliers
New technology trial in Somerset
More 4G coverage coming via the new Emergency Services Network contract

4. Our recent strategic announcements

5. What we are doing on service

6. Technology & Terms Note: Extent of fibre in each solution
Requirement for power for FTTC
Ethernet on demand is coming and will be offered from FTTC cabinets

7. Not all fibre networks are the same
Open Access – End user can choose from multiple ISP’s – BT, Talk Talk, Sky etc
Network provided and maintained by Openreach – your local engineers
Regulated delivery that encourages competition
Backed by the resources of BT – 2nd highest spend on communications research in the word
Openreach has enabled the UK to lead the major EU economies in terms of speed and coverage

8. Our Community Fibre Partnership capabilities
We’ve got a dedicated team providing management and support via
We’re working with 100s of communities across the UK and have passed over 20,000 THP via our Community Fibre Partnerships to date
We’re looking to make the process for co-funding fibre for communities simpler, faster and as painless as possible
We’ve established a partnership with Spacehive to help communities to crowdfund their superfast broadband. This will support communities to establish legal entities for contracting
If a community wants to work with us we’ll provide a single point of contact for the full journey
We can provide marketing and packs to help communities raise awareness and funds

9. Where are we?
92% of the UK has access to superfast broadband – 24mbps
By 2017, this will be 95%
We are still delivering in the Connecting Devon and Somerset area and will finish strongly
Around 856,000 businesses and home have access to fibre broadband in Devon and Somerset already
BT is investing and will work in partnership with communities to deliver access to fibre broadband
If you can’t currently receive superfast broadband we would love to work with you
Remember the speed upgrade isn’t automatic so check what you can get at

10. Questions

11. Useful Sites www.dslchecker.bt.com/
To check what is available (Line speeds & Technology)
Connecting Devon & Somerset coverage maps, training and more
Government Website with help, guidance and more about the programmes.
Remember the speed upgrade isn’t automatic so check what you can get at