Hampshire Superfast Broadband Business Support Workshop programme - February to March 2014 28 January - Basingstoke 4 February - Liphook 5 February - 1000 Lakeside, Portsmouth 12 February - Brockenhurst 18 February - Winchester Guildhall 28 February - Andover 5 March - Tech Hub, Eastleigh

1. Glenn Peacey
Programme Manager
Hampshire Superfast Broadband

2. 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
• 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

3. 4.5
Gross Value Added £ billion
4
Financial
ICT & Digital media
3.5
3
2.5
2
Energy &
Environment
Marine
1.5
Aerospace and
Defence
1
Professional Srvcs
Advanced
Engineering
0.5
0
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
Employment
40,000
45,000
50,000
55,000

4. National Overview - DCMS and BDUK
• 90% superfast by 2015
– Universal Service Commitment for all to have 2Mbps +
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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

5. Public Funding
• BDUK £500m nationally for 90% - 2015
• BDUK £250m nationally for 95% - 2017
– Autumn statement
• Hampshire awarded £5m for 90% target
– Matched by HCC and district partners
• £3.75m HCC
• £1.25m districts
• Increasingly expensive beyond 90%

6. Hampshire's Superfast Broadband Coverage
100%
90%
80%
70%
Future plans
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
Superfast Hampshire 2017
Superfast Hampshire 2015
BT and Virgin Commercial
Coverage
10%
0%
1

7. How does this look on a map?

8. Illustrative public subsidy required
per premise passed
Remote
Rural
Urban
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
91%
92%
93%
94%
95%
96%
97%
98%
99%
100%

9. Hampshire Superfast Broadband Programme
• HCC top 10 councils in England
– Lowest cost per premise passed
• Wave 1 – 90%+ end 2015 (Green Area)
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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 March 2013
• Wave 2 – 95% end if 2017

10. Open competitive network

11. Telephone Exchange
Exchange Only lines
Too far from
the cabinet

12. Business parks?
400 customers
100 customers
50 customers

13. How do we get further faster?
• Existing contract
– Drive efficiency and extend coverage where possible
• Drive take up
– Clawback
• Procurement for additional services
– State Aid
– Funding
• Community self funding
• Can anyone ever achieve 100%?

14. Summary
• HCC is in top 10 counties in the country
• National Launch first projects on
18 December 2013
• Lowest cost per premises passed
• 90% by 2015
• Further faster – 95% plus by 2017

15. Contact Details
Glenn Peacey
07775-727-131
Glenn.Peacey@hants.gov.uk