1. Deploying next generation satellite broadband
for ubiquitous access with a focus
on the creative industries
SIRA - Satellite Internet Rural Access
Prof. Claire Wallace
dot.rural
2. UK Broadband Deployment
19/11/10
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Change from broadband as a luxury
– to broadband as a utility
70%-85% coverage for copper/fibre
About 1/3 will lack high-speed
broadband, many “not spots” are rural
3. Case Study: Content Production on Jura
- limited wired broadband (BT)
- suffering due to isolation or
customer-perceived remoteness
- Skeptical based on experiences
- Demand varied according to work
Technology afforded the opportunity to upload and download content
much more quickly and reliably, meaning less business-related travel
and ability to take on more work and clients.
SIRA + DART
30% of UK, 10-15% of UK
THEN Dot.rural terminal
SKIP - E&C Panel Should know this?
26% of the population with speeds lower than 2Mbps or with no access to Internet, living in non-spots areas.
15% according to OFCOM
Est £30 billion to provide NG Access to all UK households
(Broadband Stakeholders Group) Satellite needed for 10-25%
IPlayer - v3 now includes ability to download in advance
VoIP, WII, etc.
Social networking etc ---- Satellite can VARY the service!!!
Service model may depend upon who wants the service delivered.
Hylas-1 left, Hylas-2 right
- HYLAS-2 EXPECTED TO TURN ON COMMS THIS WEEK!
SKIP - Not E&C
200 users across UK
Partnership
[£350 k from TSB - matched by Industry, £180k from dot.rural]
7 User case studies (11 terminals)
Possibly precede with a montage of photos from remote sites!
Technology project to update service platform with 4 enablers across 200 sites
DART Experiments started 23rd April 2012;
Ended after 12m
Technology success
User stories - social science and tech outcomes
Hugh often doesn’t tell people where he is ...
- Changes to work patterns:
One week’s work became 1 day
- Keen to retain service after SIRA
All three had little broadband
- Improved business
- users sensitive to system not working, but not keen to tell us!
ARTS centre - will use in SIRA-STREAMS
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden
Tin Hut, Gartly
opportunity to measure understand broadband is being used (data is available for wired broadband).
directly responds to the challenge put by the E&C steering committee to seek “opportunities for community leverage events (sports, community, etc?)”.
74% of boosts for 1 hour
23% for 2 hours
Invoice (April 2013)
Examples of Lessons Learned
Boost consumed allowance
One user “boosted” more than “realistic”
add DISC
BUZZ; content server encrypts; Open Platform; Goonhilly, London
Cache 1TB ~ 500 hours of TV/Films BIBC - 28 FILMS ; BBC ; uses flow-player will be MP4 - Android;
INVITE TO COME CLOSE FOR DEMO ; stats - movie start.