Reaching the last 10% - how can Local Government achieve 100% connectivity? Reality on the ground – the Local Government Perspective Andy Lister, Programme Director, Superfast North Yorkshire, NYnet For more information: http://www.techuk.org/events/conference/item/826-reaching-the-last-5-how-the-uk-achieves-100-connectivity All Rights Reserved

1. Superfast North Yorkshire – Challenges Ahead
Andy Lister

2. Superfast North Yorkshire
46% coverage of NGA (>25/5) in North
Yorkshire without intervention
Over 40,000 premises <2mbps
Competitive Dialogue that was competitive
“Coverage was King” in terms of evaluation
SFNY contract signed 17 July 2012

3. Superfast North Yorkshire
There are 379,757 premises in North Yorkshire
326,740 premises will be above 25/5 by October 2014
53,017 premises will be below 25/5 by October 2014
18,000 premises will be below 2mbps

5. Challenges – North Yorkshire really is rural..

6. Challenges to get to 100%
Geographical distribution of the 50,000
Affordability of fixed FTTC/P
Lack of backhaul infrastructure
Lack of power infrastructure

7. Where are we at in our thinking
Maximise fixed infrastructure
to the point of unaffordability
Support community
interventions where possible
Consider FWA and satellite
Alternative funding models
for community interventions

8. Issues of concern
We have to be risk averse with tax payers money
Existing alternative market will struggle with public procurement given scale
of funding needed to address the problem?
High Opex of FWA creates uncertainty over sustainability?
Is 25/5 (or 30mbps) too much of a challenge, is 10-15mbps more realistic?
State Aid?
Satellite data caps and dish size?
Retail price points comparable with ‘normal’ NGA?
Poor retail ISP competition?

9. Thank You