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CONNECTIONS E E T L R LOCAL ACCESS BROADBAND B I F CONNECTIVITY ETHERNET Y PROVIDER T NETWORKS T ewave I 3G WIRELESS E S EXCHANGE VOIP N SERVICE R MOBILE N O I E C RESILIENCE I T R stay connected V I A L CABLE GIGABIT E IP D C B T 4G O U BUILDING L N P I Telecommunications Connectivity Fixed Network and Mobile Coverage Assessment Building 145 Winnersh Triangle Wokingham Berkshire RG41 5RB 4 Stars ewave telecommunications rating ewave Consulting Limited, Gable House, Oaksey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9TQ 145WINNERSH.12.03.18 RG41 Tel: 01666 577404 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ewaveconsulting.co.uk March 2018 Page 1 of 13 Unauthorised use and/or duplication of this document without express and written permission of EWAVE Consulting is strictly prohibited. 8 1 Fixed Telecoms Appraisal Summary 0 2 r a Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 5TS M Park Overview The information contained within this assessment has been procured from a number of sources within the public domain and is provided in good faith, and is for guidance only. ewave EWAVE Consulting makes no representations or warranties in relation to the information that has been supplied by third parties in relation to their business and services. Page 2 of 13 8 1 Fixed Network Connectivity - Carrier Study 0 2 r a Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 5TS M Winnersh Triangle is a mature business park extending to approximately 85 acres in Berkshire. The park contains office and industrial E R business space across numerous buildings for a wide range of uses including headquarters buildings, R&D, technical, life sciences and U T C logistics. The park is conveniently located with direct access from the A329(M) to the north, bounded by the railway to the south. The U R T buildings within the park are well spaced and are predominantly low rise extending typically to two or three floors, with good access S via the estate roads and footways. Location Plan BT Exchange locations Routes and distances are indicative only AY R W DE BA N HE O PRIMARY T D D O WHITE N L EXCHANGE R E SWAN V N I LAKE WINNERSH R Y TRIANGLE H 0 P 9 2 A3 3 29(M) A A R 4,200m M) A329( G ESKDALE RD WH APPROX ARFE O DA LE RD P SECONDARY 0 9 O 2 EXCHANGE 3 A T A 6,700m APPROX 3 2 9 WINNERSH TRIANGLE BT Exchange Information A3 29 Primary Exchange WOODLEY (THWDY) (4,200m approx) RG5 4QP Secondary Exchange WOKINGHAM (THWM) (6,700m approx) RG40 2PU Winnersh Triangle is located approximately 4,200m from the BT Woodley Exchange, which is situated to the north of the park. Woodley Exchange provides excellent services including ADSL, ADSL+, 21CN and FTTC (to some areas) plus the availability of LLU Y R A services from Sky, C&W, Talk Talk and Zen Internet over BT infrastructure, plus fibre based business services. Based on the standard M copper services, Woodley Exchange can only offer broadband speeds of around 2-3Mbs at this time, due to distance constraints. M U S However, this exchange has been enabled to provide BT Infinity services with speeds of up to 80Mbs download but is currently T B unavailable at this location with no dates given for future deployment (Data via the BT website). Wokingham Exchange to the south east affords a similar range of services and could provide a level of diversity and resilience across BT business services if required. Telecommunications carriers with owned infrastructure located throughout the park are listed below for information. In addition to these, there are a number of alternative carriers that can provide service, albeit over a third party network such as BT. It must be S noted that the presence of infrastructure within the search area does not constitute availability of service any specific building R E I location. R R A British Telecom Tel: 0800 800 152 www.bt.com C S Virgin Media Tel: 0800 953 0180 www.virginmedia.com M Vodafone Tel: 020 7111 0047 www.vodafone.co.uk O C E Level 3 Tel: 020 7954 5454 www.level3.com L E T Colt Telecommunications Tel: 020 7390 3900 www.colt.net WarwickNet Tel: 024 7699 7222 www.warwicknet.com The BT services available at Woodley Exchange, and added resilience of a second exchange afford Winnersh Triangle an excellent level of services to meet today's business needs, with the added advantage of good diversity and resilience opportunities. The physical presence of alternative carriers infrastructure to BT including those from Virgin Media, Vodafone, Level 3, Colt Telecommunications and WarwickNet on the park and adjacent to the buildings affords an excellent choice of alternative carrier with varying requirements for civil infrastructure based on their existing presence across the park in the carriageway and footways. Y R A M M U S 1 Low (Copper only) 1 None (No alternative carriers adjacent to site) RATING S R 2 Fair (Carrier services in local environs) 2 Fair (Copper internal / fibre in environs) E T H BT 4 B 3 Good (Copper internally / fibre externally) T 3 Good (Carrier services adjacent to building/site) OTHERS 4 4 Excellent (Copper/fibre internally) with diversity O 4 Excellent (Carrier services in building/site) ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) Asymmetric line speed, the speed from the internet to the user, and the user to the internet are different. Feed over copper cable, governed by distance from exchange to user. (co-exists with voice services) S ADSL+ (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line+) Asymmetric line speed as above, but with faster connections both downstream and upstream over M similar distance following roll-out of BT’s 21CN Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC). R E T SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line) Symmetric line speed, the speed between the user and the internet are the same in both directions but F O cannot co-exist with voice services over the same line. Y R FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) Provides fibre to the cabinet, shortening copper cable length requirements to enhance speed A S FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) Provides fibre direct to the premises at a lower cost than that of standard lease line products S O LLU (Local Loop Unbundling) Is the process by which third party network operators are able to install equipment into BT exchanges in order to deliver L G their own services without having to utilise BT’s network. BT Infinity (British Telecom ) Fibre to the cabinet/premises delivered services from enabled exchanges providing broadband speeds of up to 80Mbs download (subject to conditions) at a lower cost to that of traditional leased fibre services. The information contained within this assessment has been procured from a number of sources within the public domain and is provided in good faith, and is for guidance only. ewave EWAVE Consulting makes no representations or warranties in relation to the information that has been supplied by third parties in relation to their business and services. Page 3 of 13 8 1 Mobile Voice / Data Appraisal - Coverage Predictions 0 2 r a Winnersh Triangle, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 5TS M Winnersh Triangle is a mature business park extending to approximately 85 acres in Berkshire. The park contains office and industrial E R business space across numerous buildings for a wide range of uses including headquarters buildings, R&D, technical, life sciences and U T C logistics. The park is conveniently located with direct access from the A329(M) to the north, bounded by the railway to the south. The U R T buildings within the park are well spaced and are predominantly low rise extending typically to two or three floors, with good access S via the estate roads and footways. Location Plan Park Wide Environment AY R W DE BA N HE O T D D O WHITE N L R E SWAN IV R LAKE WINNERSH Y TRIANGLE H 0 P 9 2 A3 3 29(M) A A R M) A329( G ESKDALE RD WH ARFE O DA LE RD P 0 9 O 2 3 A T A 3 2 9 WINNERSH TRIANGLE Park Wide Observations A3 29 Park bounded to north by motorway, south by residential All buildings of varying heights with good separation Building fabric varies across park from clad to glazed Noted mobile masts on park No noted in-building coverage solutions in place Three Vodafone O2 EE 2G 2G 2G 2G E G A R E V O C 3G 3G 3G 3G L E V E L T E E R 4G 4G 4G 4G T S Following our review of the mobile operators coverage details it is clear that the park COVERAGE KEY - Street Level affords an excellent level of macro coverage from all operators for 2G, 3G and 4G No coverage at this location S services. Any high concentration of users within the building may impact on the N Limited external coverage, indoors unlikley O I capacity available especially if this is confined to any one single network operator. T External coverage variable with limited indoor A capability V Based on this information it is considered to be a location that affords an excellent R External coverage most areas, variable indoor E level of overall coverage across all operators at street level for 2G, 3G and 4G services. S capability B O Good external coverage, indoor coverage in small buildings Excellent external coverage, good indoor coverage in most buildings Surrounding buildings, the distance and direction of the serving cells and building construction can all impact on the penetration of signal throughout a building.