Superfast Cornwall:

Ranulf ScarbroughBT Group

a superfast broadband partnership for rural transformation

Cornwall ...

population:  532,000

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 2007‐2013

a bold aspiration …£132m partnership

open access

100% coverage with 80‐90% fibre

infrastructure foreconomic transformation

10,000 business 

connections

4,000 new jobs a rural fibre exemplar

gap funded investor build/own/operate

future‐proofing productivity &competitiveness risk

sharing

value for money

fibre underpinning transformation …

world class fibre broadband network 

driving high levels of participation

business support

digitalskills

public sector transformation

digital inclusion

environmental sustainability

benefits evaluation

research &innovation

the Big Build …

FTTC + FTTP

long lines

high power costsblocked ducts

narrow lanes

buried cable

electricity poles

small / congested cabs

dispersed customers

copperrearrangementdirect

exchangelines

network inventory

fibre‐on‐demand

duct congestion surveys & planning

offices & flats

environmental(SSSI, AOONB…)

highwayscoordinationway leaves

how are we doing … ?startedOct‐10

rolloutcompletes

2014

50%+complete

1st customerJan‐11

20,000+happy customers

30 ISPs withconnections

prices from£15 pcm 330Mbps

fibre‐on‐demand

a powerful partnership model for rural fibre broadband deployment

extensive rural fibre underpinning economic & social transformation

a crucial role forestablished operators

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thank you ...

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