Mark Melluish from Rutland Telecom presenting at NextGen 09 in Leeds on 16 and 17 November 2009

1. SUB LOOP UNBUNDLING OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES

3. LLU Telecoms Consultancy - Mark Melluish

4. Initial Plan to unbundle UK’s smallest county – Rutland

5. Delved further into SLU – to solve specific problem (Lyddington)

6. Observer ran small article on Lyddington 5th May 2009 – picked up by BBC Radio 4‘Today’ & Chris Evans Radio 2 ‘Drivetime’

8. Capital cost of deployment: cabinet, power, backhaul, connection fees. Highly variable.

9. Running cost –viability threshold

10. Local service & support

11. Presence of PCP & accuracy of PCP data

12. Planning permission

14. 90+k PCP’s in UK

15. All passive – no mains power

16. Various sizes

18. LYDDINGTON - WHERE?

26. First Trial Customer – Location, location, location

27. First Trial Customer - A Room with a View • 5km from exchange • 2.3km from PCP • Past Speeds ADSL = 0Mbs - 0.3Mbps Maximum • New Speeds VDSL = 12Mbs -15Mbps (trial) • Number ported into VoIP • Streaming iPlayer demonstrated

28. First Trial Customer – Screenshot of Download Speeds

29. SLU Fiscal Viability Costs • Capital outlay (Lyddington) £45k (Lyddington raised £37k) • Running cost: backhaul, power, MPF rental <£20/month Revenue • Revenue from line rental and broadband • Revenue from calls • Revenue from data e.g. streaming video: 2.5Mbps 4hrs/day = 136GB/month • Revenue from computer services • Revenue from key business: leased-line emulation • Future possibilities: FTTH, ANFP exemption

30. Challenges • Capital outlay: Lyddington <£250/premises • ( Digital Britain report: up to £1750/premises ) • Galvanising local support • Openreach network -ECCs • Openreach PCP data • Openreach connection charge • Openreach disconnection charge • Openreach procedures • PCPs –none, many • Power supply • Cabinet aesthetics • Technical/regulatory /planning issues