CYBERMOOR NETWORKS SOUTH

TYNE VALLEY

AGENDA

About Cybermoor (7.30)

Technology used - How it works (7.45)

Broadband Packages (7.55)

Community Shares (8.05)

Plans for your Parish – working groups (8.15)

Wrap up (8.45)

Close (9pm)

ABOUT CYBERMOOR

Award winning social enterprise focused on delivering broadband in rural areas

13 years track record of delivering services in challenging areas with an experienced team

13 YEARS ON……

BENEFITS OF BETTER

BROADBAND?

Vital for delivery of services

CYBERMOOR COMPANIES

ABOUT THE SOUTH TYNE

VALLEY PROJECT

Installed wireless broadband in 2007 in South Tyne Valley

Upgraded Alston to fibre 2 years ago

Funding proposal to Broadband Delivery UK April 2014 for fibre network in a Northumberland Community

Feasibility studies during Summer / Autumn 2014

South Tyne Valley selected for community fibre network

Detailed planning network Winter 2015 / government clearance

February 2015 - Laying fibre ducting starts

Technology

HOW IT WORKS

Radio link to The Barn

LAYING DUCTING

NEW CABINETS

FIBRE DUCTS

FIBRE BLOWN ALONG DUCTS

FIBRE EQUIPMENT

Questions

BROADBAND PACKAGES AND

PRICES

BROADBAND PRICES

Same as Alston

FEATURES

Installed by an engineer

No phone line required

Call Cybermoor office 8am –8pm, Mon – Fri, no muzak, press 1 for…..

Fibre equipment can provide speeds up to 1Gbs so will benefit from planned upgrades

PHONE SERVICES

* Business packages and phone systems also available.

Cost £sConnection fee 20.00Line rental 4.00Evening & weekends & mobile calls 5.00Unlimited Anytime Call plan 10.00

CURRENT BT SERVICES

£16.99 / month line rental + £18.00 for broadband = £35 / month

Most customers get a service of 0.25 –2Mbs

Uses legacy copper phone lines – never designed for broadband

Planned upgrades to BT cabinets only benefit those within 1000m

Questions

CYBERMOOR NETWORKS LTD

Established co-op which owns infrastructure (fibre cables, etc.)

Sells capacity to ISPs who sell to the customer

Lead ISP is Cybermoor / Briskona

Open Network

Community Directors – vacancies at the moment for representatives from South Tyne Valley.

SHARE OFFER

Aiming to raise £150K in community shares / loans

£450K already raised from DCMS contract

Social investment £75K in place

Future investments will allow the more connections in the area

Offer will open in May following approval by Community Shares Unit

COMMUNITY SHARES

Industrial & Provident Societies (community pubs, village shops)

Minimum investment £100

Investment eligible for 30% tax rebate (through Enterprise Investment Scheme).

Shares not transferable but withdrawable – CNL buys them back

1 member 1 vote

Shares must be held for minimum of 3 years

Aiming to pay a dividend of 4%

WHY INVEST?

Better broadband service

Faster more reliable service

Free connection for investments of £1,500

A digital infrastructure for South Tyne for the 21st

Century

Financial return on investment

Social Return on Investment - Benefits the wider community and businesses

HOW TO INVEST

Read the Offer Document

Decide how much you want to invest

Fill out the form at the back of the Offer Document

Send the form with a cheque to the Cybermoor Office (bank payments also accepted)

Questions

CONTACT DETAILS

Daniel HeeryProject ManagerCybermoorAlston Town HallAlston CA9 3RF

E-mail daniel.heery@cybermoor.org.uk

Phone 01434 382 808Presentation: www.cybermoornetworks.org.uk

PLANS FOR YOUR AREA

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Complete the survey

Spread the word with friends and neighbours

Join a group for your parish

Check the address data to make sure its accurate

Make an investment – with funds towards the costs of connecting up premises

Help to negotiate with landowners

Help lay some ducting

WHAT WE CAN DO

Provide fibre connections from cabinets on the railway

Technical support to advise on appropriate routes to reach the cabinet

Provide list of local contractors that can lay ducting

Blow fibre along your duct and connect you into the network

Provide the investment vehicle with tax rebates and a long term return with potential to withdraw share capital in the future

PARISH GROUPS

Group for Hartleyburn (72)

Group for Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh(97)

Group for Featherstone (63)

Group for Coanwood (40)

WHAT

Split into parish groups

Review the wireless coverage maps

Review the fibre maps

Review the address lists / connection technology

Identify landowners for fibre routes

Register an interest in investing / taking a service / volunteering to support the project

Report back to main group

Questions

Wrap Up

NEXT STEPS

Similar meeting next week @ Kirk Style

Review data

Issue share offer documents

Follow up with Parish Groups

Provide groups with map of fibre / wireless planned for your area