Rural Broadband, the opportunity for municipal involvement - Glenn Peacey, eHampshire - CBN NextGen Roadshow Basingstoke 13 May 2009

1. Hampshire Economic Snapshot
 1.3mn people
 GVA - £32.3bn
 59,000 VAT registered businesses
 95% < 20 employees

2. Broadband in Hampshire:
• 123 exchanges in Hampshire
• 123 ADSL service
• 27 SDSL Exchanges
• 115 ADSL Max
Extensive Virgin Cable coverage

3. Economic Impact
• ~17 mn broadband lines in the UK
• Argos online sales £1bn+
• Dominos Pizza online sales increased 91%
– 21% of all UK deliveries
• EU growth in IPTV 26% in 2009
• iPlayer, 41mn downloads Dec 08
• San Francisco to Lymington

5. Research
Predicted Broadband Speeds in Hampshire (xDSL Service)
14000 120.00%
12000 No of postcodes
Cumulative percentage 100.00%
10000
80.00%
8000
60.00%
6000
40.00%
4000
20.00%
2000
0 0.00%
0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 16 Over 16
Broadband speed Mb/s

7. Basingstoke copper line lengths
Percentage of total
10000 25%
9000
Total lines affected (estimated)
Percentage
8000 20%
7000
6000 15%
Number of lines
5000
4000 10%
3000
2000 5%
1000
0 0%
<1km 1-2km 2-3km 3-4km 4-5km 5-6km 6-7km 7-8km 8km+
Distance (km)

8. Shedfield Estate
• 100Mb/s fibre deployment (up to 1Gb/s)
• 12 Business units (extend to 16)
• Marriott Meon hotel / golf club
• Cost £1 per sq ft
• Shared ducting will allow CCTV

9. Dive Worldwide
• 40 Staff
• £3mn+ turnover
• Internet based specialist travel agent
• Relocated from Croydon
• Local spend
• Reduced commuting

10. HCC and broadband
• Exploring the use of sharing HCC infrastructure
• Supporting digital inclusion
• Helping communities build their own
• Exploring a JV concept
• First phases of a rural pilot project
– Wholesale access
– FTTC?
– Wireless?

12. Thank you
Economic Development Office
Hampshire County Council
Glenn.Peacey@hants.gov.uk