Next Generation Broadband Digital Cornwall aims to make Cornwall, UK the best connected rural area in the world by investing £132 million to connect 10,000 businesses and 263,000 premises to fiber optic broadband. The project will deliver fiber to the premises (FTTP) for 49% of premises at speeds of 100Mb, fiber to the cabinet (FTTC) for 37% at speeds of 40Mb, and assured broadband of at least 10Mb for the remaining 14% through infill solutions. This high-speed broadband will improve productivity, flexibility, cloud computing and transform the business landscape in Cornwall.
16. Next Generation Broadband Digital Cornwall transforming the business landscape “ This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to revolutionise Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly”
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132m investment in Cornwall – europes largest investment in broadband Vision - best connected rural area in the world! large rollout of fibre with supporting investment into additional connectivity solutions
NGA Project has huge ambitions as it did for the actnow project which it met and exceeded in many cases
Main rollout beginning in South East Cornwall, with further areas following in 6 month tranches Local independent advice & support – business support from 2012, other supporting current projects – ukti, grow cornwall, partners 2 suceed, dpn, air – fal uni, pool inn
Fttc pilot preparations currently underway for launch in March next year, fibre footprint improve poor access which is currently a huge issue in remote areas of the county 8 exchange areas receiving significant upgrade to their networks though the extension of fibre to new cabinets located alongside existing cabinet Potential speeds of upto 40mb near to the exchanges, a pilot project to test FTTC in rural area Pilot – so ISPs can check things like systems, billing ordering, and the fibre footprint can be understood re. any future infill
In the early new year parts of chiverton cross and par to go live Massive rollout of fibre broadband
Upload important for business Send files Connect to systems remotely Video comms Reliability – intermittant connections and downtime costs money QoS means user experience eg. watching iPlayer Huuge amount of fibre in the ground – round world 3 times! Futureproofing, useful for decades to come
Evidence actnow business survey (2008) showed 87% say internet critical 33% need more speed / reliability 87% of businesses describe the internet as critical
More people able to work from home / remotely snow FW means any change in time or location of work WFH is an example Need access to same data as office bound staff Better connectivity achieves this WE have shown that FW helps business to Improve productivity Save money Reduce travel Improve customer service Reduce office overheads
Ecommerce, Video conferencing, flexible working, supply chain management, automation, engagement, Productivity, effficiencies, ict good policy, always exposed to internet with android/ipad/iphone Competitive edge – eg holiday cottages with broadband
Opportunities – growth market Supporting cornish businesses adopting technologies, ICT sector – knowledge (eg hci/code), utilise the bandwidth, develop applications, gaming, graphics/media, build profile of ICT sector in cornwall throught the projects exposure, work collaboratively, ‘ outsource to cornwall’ - we can receive the file sizes, host services, maintain QoS Support Innovation Production competitive edge
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