Glenn Peacey Programme Manager Hampshire Superfast Broadband Programme Culture, Communities, and Business Services

Hampshire's economy • Home to 1.3m people (1.7m including Portsmouth and

Southampton)

• Economic output is £37.8b per year (GVA) Roughly 20% of the South East

• Broadband programme adds up to £679m to GVA*

• More than 60,000 businesses – Employing 780,000 people

• 120,000 commute to workplaces outside Hampshire – 25,000 who work in London

• 90,000 people commute into the area *Based on World Bank research, which shows that a 1% increase in broadband coverage results in a 0.12% rise in GDP

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National Overview - DCMS and BDUK

• 90% superfast by 2015 – Universal Service Commitment for all to have 2Mbps +

• 95% by the end of 2017

• Government is exploring 99% by end of 2018

• 41 Local programmes across England

• Hampshire is one of the first 10 councils to deliver

• All contracts awarded to BT

• Gap funding model

Public Funding

• BDUK £500m nationally for 90% - 2015

– £5m awarded to Hampshire by DCMS

– HCC and districts matched £5m

• Increasingly expensive beyond 90%

• BDUK £250m nationally for 95% - 2017

– £7.69m awarded to Hampshire

– HCC has set aside up to £9.2m of additional funding to reach at least 95%

Hampshire Superfast Broadband Programme

• HCC top 10 councils in England

– Lowest cost per premise passed

• RCBF Bids for £1m

• Wave 1 – 90%+ end 2015 (Green Area)

– Starting Jan 2014 end Dec 2015

– £13.8m project

– 59,000 premises in seven phases

– 42,000 premises with more than 50Mbps

– Phase 1 - 9,000 premises by end of June 2014

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• Wave 2 – 95% end of 2017

– Funding has been allocated - £7.69m match funded

– Hampshire is 1 of 3 pilots for accelerated procurement

– At least 28,000 premises

– Introduce new technologies

• Self funded solutions

– Rotherwick

– Stratfield Saye

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Future plans

Superfast Hampshire 2017

Superfast Hampshire 2015

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How does this look on a map?

Open competitive network

Telephone Exchange

Exchange Only lines

Too far from the cabinet

Gap funding model and business parks?

400 customers x £9 = £3600

100 customers x £9 = £900

50 customers x £9 = £450

How do we get further faster?

• Existing contract

– Drive efficiency and extend coverage where possible

• RCBF Bids for New Forest and Test Valley

– up to 5000 premises

– £1m

• Drive take up

– Clawback

• Procurement for additional services 95%+

– £7.69m from DCMS

– Up to £9.2m from HCC

– Funding

• Community self funding

• Can anyone ever achieve 100%?

Contact Details

Glenn Peacey

07775-727-131

Glenn.Peacey@hants.gov.uk