Mike Kiely's presentation to the INCA Ultra-Connected Cities seminar, Birmingham, 30-04-13

1. Perseverance Works and Printing House Yard E8 2DD,
Shoreditch
Market Failure or a New Market?
Case Study provides a summary of all issues needing
addressing on a national scale, and by UBF in particular.
Mike Kiely
www.thebitcommons.com
30/04/2013 -Mike Kiely, Draft For discussion only.

2. Perseverance Works.
Surrounded by Fibre but still starved of it.
11/09/2012 -Mike Kiely, Draft
For discussion only.
• 89 businesses, mostly in
the TV, games, media
sector.
• Increasingly dependent on
connectivity, for
exchanging very large
files.
• Two FTTC cabinets deployed in area but not
serving site.
• All exchanges lines come direct from
Shoreditch exchange.
• Openreach Fibre bundles serving two
companies on site, Splice TV paying £12k pa
for 100Mbps, Touch Digital paying £7k pa for
50Mbps. Bulk file transfers, - not live
broadcast streams.
• Spov TV – makers of Call Of Duty have left
the site due the shortcomings of current
generation broadband services.
• A functioning fibre access market in urban
areas should deliver a choice of fibre access
providers at c £40 a month retail for
100Mbps symmetric Broadband access
service. This is what best in Europe now
means for urban customers.
• Consistent with the wishes of the SOS and
objectives of BDUK and GLA UBF.

3. Fibre Entry points at Perseverance Works.
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For discussion only.

4. Fibre Access Options for Preseverance Works.
• BT Fibre on Demand from April 29th.
• Virgin & Others
Now inviting requests
Own Build - indicative costings for £1500 a tenant, but interested parties can quote
Above yields control to a single operator and single operators design and interests.
Building Operator Model
Passives and patch panel to each tenant at £1,000. These could be used by more than one operator.
11/09/2012 -Mike Kiely, The Bit Commons Draft For industry discussion only.
BT – minimum term is
36 months.
Construction - £600 +
other time related
charges if they occur.
Connection -£500 Wholesale rental
annual
89 companies £53,400 £44,500 £456

5. Actions and next Steps for FTTP access.
• Perseverance Works summarises many of the issues that need addressing for a successful implementation
of the Urban Broadband Fund on a small understandable scale.
• This case does represent the authentic voice of the customer and in an unambiguous way and sets out
what best in Europe means for the end customer.
• We are issuing a RFI to BT, Virgin and other interested vendors requesting costs and commitments
/confirmation of offers. Data book available.
• We are requesting trial status from BDUK/GLA UBF to test their incentive options at this site.
• We are requesting DCMS policy and Ofcom to support and test The Building Operator model as a means
to accelerate investment and competition in local fibre access networks.
• The above will be conducted in the form of 30 day public consultation, where all the materials will be
available for others to build upon and learn .
Thank you.
11/09/2012 -Mike Kiely, Draft
For discussion only.