Presentation from Openreach for the INCA Rural Gigabit Future seminar in Gloucester on April 30, 2019

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30/04/2019 Matt Lloyd
INCA Outside In Event
Openreach

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32,800 People
connecting you to your
network to the world
Our ‘Fibre First’
programme will reach 3
million by 2020 and plan
to reach 10 MILLION by
the mid-2020’s
We’re building 12 state-
of-the-art fibre
engineering schools and
recruiting 3,500 more
engineers
Thousands of ex-military
people are playing a vital
role in building Britain’s
fibre network
We work closely with
Government, Local
Authorities & over 600
Communication Providers
We’ve invested more
than £13 BILLION into
our network, we now
manage more than 173m
kilometres of cable, and
undertake 37000 installs
and repairs a day
Openreach
Full Fibre
Our FTTP network is already the UK’s largest covering more than 1.2m premises and we’re
not stopping there. We are currently building our FTTP network out to over 14,000 homes
and businesses a week in support of our commitment to reach 3 million homes and
businesses with our FTTP network by 2020, and given the right conditions we are looking to
get our FTTP network to reach 10 million by 2025.

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Openreach
Local Full Fibre Network/RGC Solution
Backbone infrastructure
Access infrastructure
Availability of services
Adoption of services
Fibre backbone coverage
Deployment of
FTTP/Ethernet to serve
the premises
ISPs offering a range of
packages for varying
business needs
Business and consumer
awareness of services,
competitive choices,
active adoption
Providing communities and local bodies the full fibre connectivity they want-using our
existing network and ducts
Minimising the need to dig up the street and lanes where fibre is already available
Opens up possibilities of extending this new connectivity to include local
residents and businesses
Keeping it simple and cost-effective through working with the established
biggest provider of fibre connectivity in Britain.
No requirements for complex long term deals.
Keen to ensure a level playing field for procurement – no restrictive procurement
environments.
Our proposition blends seamlessly with the existing Openreach network once built offering
simplicity for Local Bodies in terms of ongoing maintenance/upgrades and access to the
fullest range of speeds and network products from our range of providers
Fibreavailabilityproblemstack

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Offering Services for All levels of businesses and choice of
supplier

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Cumbrian primary school now learning at light speed
“It is phenomenal,” says Clem. “I can’t describe how much it has transformed the day-
to-day running of the school.
“Before, if you had a class of 30 kids involved in some internet-based learning, the rest
of the school ground to a halt. The office would struggle to send emails, teachers
couldn’t complete assessments and videos were constantly buffering.
“Now, every class can use internet at the same time.”
Internet-based learning is a huge part of a successful modern school. Streaming video
makes it easier to demonstrate complex concepts while online portals for assessment
and homework bring a whole new level of insight or teachers.
Community Fibre Partnerships – In Action
Community Solutions for Full Fibre Access
Ditcham digs for Ultrafast
“We opted to self-dig after I explained that doing so would save us money and help
speed up the fibre deployment process. So, once we started speaking with Openreach
through its Community Fibre Partnership programme I stepped in and explained how
we’d be able to take charge of all the digging needed to complete the infrastructure.”
Added Chris: “Openreach were incredibly supportive from the get-go. I told them we’d
be happy to design the route, liaise with all the land-owners and organise the actual
digging ourselves, but they would have to supply the necessary ducting and the
chambers. And they did so no problem. In fact, they gave us lots of valuable advice as
we were planning the dig. For example, they told us we’d need to put in a chamber
every 300 yards and extra chambers where the route bended. They gave us confidence
that we were doing everything correctly.”

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