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
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%
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
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