2. • Partnership - Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Councils (Est. 2011)
• Conduit for Public funding to overcome the market’s failure to
provide superfast broadband
• Monitor Market Failure
• Raise Public Funding
• Invest in Solutions
• Comply with State Aid
• Manage Suppliers
• Also focused on encouraging adoption & greater exploitation
Fastershire Background
4. Full Fibre credentials
• Led the way with full fibre steering BT away from the low
hanging fruit
• Herefordshire already 13% Full Fibre after phase 1
• 1st BDUK project to contract with Gigaclear
• 1st BDUK project to contract with Airband to deliver their
Hybrid Rural Optic solution
• Our Grant Scheme predates the GBVS
• On Target for 50% & 30% of rural
connections in H & G being
Full Fibre by 2021
1 East Riding of Yorkshire 38.70%
2 Cornwall 36.10%
3 Cotswold District 29.10%
4 Rutland 19.60%
5 Fenland District 19.10%
6 Tewkesbury District 18.10%
7 South Northamptonshire District 15.60%
8 Daventry District 15.60%
9 Bassetlaw District 15.00%
10 County of Herefordshire 13.90%
Top 10 rural authorities by FF access March 2019
Source: Thinkbroadband.com
5. Case Study
Bromyard Brigsty Ward
• All 3 of our major suppliers have
actively delivered FTTP within the
ward
• Much of the ward can be typified as
the ‘Outside’
• Closest towns are Bromyard (5 miles)
and Tenbury Wells (12 miles) with
the County Town of Hereford 25
miles away from the centre of the
ward
6. How Rural
LSOA Bromyard Downs
E1014001
IMD Geographical
Barriers to Services
223rd out of 32,844
IMD Access to
Housing & Services
29th out of 32,844
LSOA Bredensapey
E1014000
IMD Geographical
Barriers to Services
73rd out of 32,844
IMD Access to
Housing & Services
33rd out of 32,844
Rural Urban Classification ONS Rural Village & Disbursed
Premise density 20.7 per Km2*
*Excluding the edge of Bromyard
7. BT FTTP
Gigaclear
Airband
FTTP On Demand
BT FTTC >30Mbps
BT FTTC >10Mbps
STD
Suppliers working and
operating cheek by jowl –
Need for collaboration with
traffic management, to avoid
overbuild and to increase
deployment efficiency
8. How did we get here?
• Being ambitious, taking calculated risks & often ignoring the
received wisdom
• Harnessing funding outside BDUK
• Designing procurements that encourage competition and
attract the right supplier for the geography at hand
• Focusing the efforts of suppliers where the need is most acute
• Working hard to understand the data
• Avoiding overlap and ensuring the maximum benefit of the
subsidy (sweating the contracts)
• Placating the highways authority
9. The BDUK approach
Hubs & Vouchers
Focused on Rural Schools
and Surgeries.
Likely to have limited
applications in areas that
really are on ‘the outside’
Notes de l'éditeur
Fastershire is a Partnership between Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Councils which was established in 2011 and receives funding from BDUK (central government).
Conduit for Public funding to overcome market failure to provide superfast broadband
We are also focused on encouraging the adoption and exploitation of broadband.
We therefore run a number of programmes to promote digital inclusion and provide help to businesses to make the most of their connectivity.