1. NEWS
Welcome to Superfast Cymru (Issue 5)
Thank you for registering your interest in Superfast Cymru. The Welsh Government and
BT are working together to ensure that 96 per cent of Wales has access to fibre
broadband by 2016. This newsletter aims to keep you in the loop with the programme's
progress. We aim to provide information on the Welsh communities that will be next in-
line to benefit from superfast fibre, and stories from people across Wales who are
already experiencing the benefits of faster broadband.
How does the programme plan its rollout?
We are still only within our first year of roll-out and are often asked why some
communities are able to benefit from fibre before others. The aim of Superfast Cymru is
to achieve the best long-term broadband coverage for Wales. The roll-out plan takes
into account the demographics and topography of Wales, together with our economic
priorities, including Enterprise Zones and local growth zones.
We are proactively deploying around 3,000 new fibre broadband cabinets and 17,500km
of fibre optic cable across the length and breadth of Wales. This is a complex
engineering project and given the scale it’s not possible to plan every area at the same
time, so inevitably some areas will be enabled before others. We fully understand the
frustration some may feel and the huge importance of fibre broadband to the lives of
people in Wales. Through these newsletters, our bespoke e-shots and website we remain
committed to keeping you regularly updated as our plans evolve.
The project will tackle a range of areas at the same time, including geographically
challenging areas across Wales. Overall, we are focused on ensuring the roll-out is as
efficient as possible, in order to meet our completion date of 2016.
Anglesey, Blaenau Gwent, Gwynedd, Newport
and Swansea - fibre has arrived! What are you
waiting for?
In many parts of these areas in Wales, fibre is now available as a result of the Superfast Cymru
programme. The latest exchanges able to offer fibre in some parts of the telephone exchange
area include Clydach, Tywyn, Llangefni, Nefyn, Penygroes, Harlech and Fairbourne.
In Wales, superfast fibre broadband is available from a number of suppliers. Check if you
can get it and contact an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to order.
Get ready to go faster
Fibre will be available shortly in many more areas of Wales including Barmouth, Cemaes
Bay, Clynnog Fawr, Gaerwen, Holywell, Llanbedrog, Pentraeth, Abercynon, Blaina,
Ferndale, Hirwaun, Mountain Ash, Ogmore Valley, Porth and Bedlinog. Our website,
www.superfast-cymru.com, includes a coverage map which allows you to check when
fibre broadband is coming to your area. It provides details of roll-out plans up to
March 2015. See the 'Where and when' page.
Making a difference
Five years ago, Jim Mowatttook over as Director of Snowdonia Press, a locally owned
printers established in the early 70s. Porthmadog based Snowdonia Press now boasts
state of the art digital and “computer to plate” technology, offering its customers small
run digital to large run lithographic printing, large format signs and exhibition displays.
Customers were sending large files which took ages to download on the existing
broadband connection. On occasions there would be errors in the content and
amendments would need to be made by the customers and the files resent. Time spent
waiting for the files sometimes resulted in run times being missed. Downloading files was
a time consuming process for Snowdonia Press and frustrating for staff too, who were
wasting their time waiting for files when they could be producing the goods!
As soon as he was able to get fibre broadband, Jim placed his order and has been amazed
at the speeds he can now get and also how competitively priced high speed fibre
broadband is. When the engineer installed broadband he was able to confirm that the
download speeds would be over 75MB, this has proven to be the case and Jim is
delighted! Downloading files and uploading information is so much quicker and Jim’s
employees are able to be more productive as less time is spent waiting for downloads
and uploading data.
In Jim’s words:“The price difference between fibre and my old broadband connection is
negligible and I feel it’s more than compensated for by the increased staff productivity,
in all honesty why wouldn’t you get fibre? It’s ano-brainer!”
More information
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Superfast Cymru then please Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @superfastcymru.
Keep up to date with the latest news and developments on Superfast Cymru via the website.
If you have general questions about the Superfast Cymru programme please visit our
FAQ section on www.superfast-cymru.com or email info@superfast-cymru.com

2. NEWYDDION CYFLYMU
CYMRU
Croeso i Cyflymu Cymru (Rhif 5)
Diolch am gofnodi eich diddordeb mewn Cyflymu Cymru. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru a BT
yn cydweithio i ddarparu band llydan ffeibr ar gyfer 96% o’r wlad erbyn 2016. Nod y
cylchlythyr yw eich hysbysu o ddatblygiad y rhaglen. Mae pob rhifyn yn cynnwys
gwybodaeth am y cymunedau nesaf i elwa o fand llydan uwchgyflym, ynghyd â
phrofiadau trigolion a busnesau sydd eisoes yn mwynhau buddion sylweddol band
llydan ffeibr.
Sut mae’r prosiect yn cynllunio ei raglen?
Ym mlwyddyn gyntaf y project mae llawer o bobl yn gofyn pam mae rhai cymunedau’n
elwa o ffeibr cyn eraill. Nod Cyflymu Cymru yw darparu’r rhwydwaith band llydan hir
dymor gorau ar gyfer y wlad. Mae’r rhaglen yn ystyried demograffeg a thopograffi Cymru,
ynghyd â blaenoriaethau economaidd sy’n cynnwys parthau menter ac ardaloedd tyfiant
lleol.
Rydym wrthi’n gosod oddeutu 3,000 cabinet ffeibr newydd a 17,500 cilomedr o geblau
ffeibr opteg ar draws y wlad. Gyda phroject peirianneg mor fawr a chymhleth nid yw’n
bosibl cynllunio pob ardal ar yr un pryd, felly mae’n anochel bydd rhai ardaloedd yn
derbyn y gwasanaeth cyn eraill. Rydym yn deall bydd hynny’n achosi rhwystredigaeth ac
yn ymwybodol o bwysigrwydd band llydan ffeibr i fywydau pobl yng Nghymru. Drwy
gyfrwng y cylchlythyron hyn, ein negeseuon ebost a’r wefan, rydym wedi ymrwymo i’ch
hysbysu o’r newyddion diweddaraf am ein cynlluniau.
Bydd y project yn taclo amrediad o ardaloedd ar yr un pryd, yn cynnwys llefydd sy’n
darparu heriau daearyddol. At ei gilydd, rydym yn canolbwyntio ar weithredu rhaglen
mor effeithiol â phosibl er mwyn cwblhau’r gwaith erbyn 2016.
Ynys Môn, Blaenau Gwent, Gwynedd,
Casnewydd ac Abertawe - ffeibr wedi cyrraedd!
Beth amdani?
Erbyn hyn mae ffeibr ar gael mewn rhannau o’r ardaloedd hyn, yn dilyn gwaith rhaglen
Cyflymu Cymru. Ymhlith y cyfnewidfeydd diweddaraf i gynnig ffeibr mae Clydach,
Tywyn, Llangefni, Nefyn, Penygroes, Harlech a Fairbourne.
Yng Nghymru, darperir band llydan ffeibr uwchgyflym gan nifer o gyflenwyr. Holwch i
weld os allwch ei gael a chysylltu ag ISP i osod archeb.
Barod i fynd yn gyflymach?
Yn fuan bydd ffeibr ar gael mewn llawer o ardaloedd eraill yn cynnwys y Bermo, Bae
Cemaes, Clynnog Fawr, Gaerwen, Treffynnon, Llanbedrog, Pentraeth, Abercynon,
Blaenau (Blaina), Glynrhedynog (Ferndale), Hirwaun, Aberpennar, Cwm Ogwr, Porth a
Bedlinog. Mae ein gwefan www.cyflymu-cymru.com yn cynnwys map rhwydwaith sy’n
hwyluso gwirio pryd bydd band llydan ffeibr yn cyrraedd eich ardal. Mae hefyd yn
manylu’r gwaith hyd at fis Mawrth 2015 ar y dudalen 'Pryd a ble'.
Gwneud gwahaniaeth
Bum mlynedd yn ôl cymrodd y cyfarwyddwr Jim Mowatt, drosodd argraffwyr lleol
Snowdonia Press a sefydlwyd yn gynnar yn y 1970au. Erbyn hyn, mae’r busnes yn nhref
Porthmadog yn cynnig y dechnoleg ddigidol “cyfrifiadur i’r plât” ddiweddaraf. Mae’n gallu
cynnig opsiynau amrywiol i gwsmeriaid, o rediadau bach o gopïau digidol i argraffiadau
litho enfawr, arwyddion fformat mawr a deunyddiau arddangosfeydd. Yn y gorffennol
roedd cwsmeriaid yn anfon ffeiliau mawr, fyddai’n cymryd oes ar y gwasanaeth band
llydan ar y pryd. A phan fyddai camgymeriadau ac angen gwneud addasiadau, byddai
hynny’n galw am ail-anfon y ffeiliau. Roedd hynny’n cymryd amser, amser fyddai
weithiau’n golygu colli slot ar y peiriannau argraffu. Roedd llwytho ffeiliau’n cymryd
amser mawr i Snowdonia Press ac yn rhwystredig iawn i’r staff, wrth wastraffu amser yn
hytrach na chynhyrchu’r gwaith gorffenedig!
Archebodd Jim fand llydan ffeibr cyn gynted ag y daeth i’r ardal ac mae wedi’i synnu gan
y cyflymder mae’n gallu cael, a phrisiau cystadleuol ffeibr uwchgyflym. Wrth osod ffeibr,
cadarnhaodd y peiriannydd byddai’n gallu llwytho data ar gyflymder dros 75MB. Profodd
hynny’n gywir ac mae Jim wrth ei fodd! Mae anfon a llwytho ffeiliau gymaint yn
gyflymach erbyn hyn, gyda’r staff yn gweithio’n fwy effeithiol wrth wastraffu llai o amser
yn aros am ffeiliau i gyrraedd.
Dywedodd Jim:“Nid oes llawer o wahaniaeth rhwng pris ffeibr a’r hen gysylltiad band
llydan ac mae gwella cynhyrchiant y staff wedi mwy na gwneud iawn am hynny. Pa na
fyddech am gael ffeibr?”
Manylion pellach
Rydym ar Facebook a Twitter, felly osydych chiam wybodaeth bellach a’r newyddion
diweddaraf ar Cyflymu Cymru hoffwch ni ar Facebook a dilynwch ni ar Twitter
@cyflymucymru. Yn ogystal, nodir newyddion a datblygiadau diweddaraf Cyflymu Cymru
ar y wefan. Am atebion i gwestiynau am raglen Cyflymu Cymru ewch i’r adran cwestiynau
cyffredin ynwww.cyflymu-cymru.comneu ebostiwchinfo@superfast-cymru.com