Better Connected Broadband Update for North Chichester CLC Area
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Better Connected broadband update for North Chichester CLC area It is good news for the North Chichester CLC area. In 2012, prior to the publicly funded roll out of broadband infrastructure, 51% of the area was without access to ‘superfast’ broadband as 49% was already included in the commercial coverage of fibre broadband by BT. As a result of the Better Connected project’s roll out of publicly funded broadband infrastructure, 81% of the area now has access to ‘superfast’ broadband and 98% of properties get access to broadband at ‘basic’ speeds of 2mbps and higher. A subsidised satellite installation scheme now makes it possible for 100% of the area to access broadband at ‘basic’ speeds: http://www.westsussex- betterconnected.org.uk/satellite-scheme Please note – the scheme will be re-launched in July to include wireless broadband suppliers. Take up of new broadband services across the CLC area is performing as expected and contributing to the overall take up measure of ‘superfast’ broadband in West Sussex of more than 30%. Where take up exceeds the current capacity of a cabinet or FTTP network to provide connections to homes and businesses, additional engineering is required. This engineering is carried out by Openreach as part of its daily business and is not funded publicly funded. Recently Openreach announced £30million of investment in engineering additional capacity into its network. Areas which have not benefited from either the commercial or publicly funded roll outs and which are not included in BT’s delivery plans for the additional £2.5million funding made available by the County Council and central government for the purposes of extending coverage of ‘superfast’ broadband by the end of 2017 continue to remain eligible for any future funding. To provide an overview of activity in the area by the Better Connected project we have built fibre broadband infrastructure in the parishes of: Fittleworth: fibre cabinets Fittleworth 1, 2 and 3 built by the project. 74 premises remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Kirdford: fibre cabinets Kirdford 1 and 2 built by the project. 238 properties remain eligible for funding for a ‘superfast’ solution of which 151 are included in BT’s delivery plans to extend coverage of ‘superfast’ broadband by the end of 2017. Loxwood: fibre cabinets Loxwood exchange 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been built by the project. 148 properties remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution of which 69 are included in BT’s delivery plans to extend coverage of ‘superfast’ broadband by the end of 2017. Lurgashall: the parish has benefited from the project building fibre cabinets Northchapel 1 and 3 as well as some FTTP structures attached to the Lodsworth exchange. 252 properties remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution of which 145 are included in BT’s delivery plans to extend coverage of ‘superfast’ broadband by the end of 2017. This work will mainly be carried out in the centre of Lurgashall. Northchapel: fibre cabinets Northchapel 1 and 3 have been built by the project. 70 properties remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Petworth: fibre cabinets Petworth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 as well as some FTTP in the centre of town have been built by the project. 130 premises remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Ebernoe: the whole parish is eligible for funding and properties are connected to cabinets which are a significant distance from the parish. Whilst two of the cabinets have been upgraded by the project to serve properties in other parishes, the distance between the cabinets and Ebernoe means that there is no improvement in speeds. The parish remains eligible for any future funding. All three of the non-digitally enabled exchange areas are located in the North Chichester CLC area, these are East Marden, Plaistow and Sutton exchanges .The project has provided new fibre broadband services in all three exchange areas. Plaistow: premises in the parish benefit from fibre broadband infrastructure attached to the exchanges at Loxwood, Northchapel and Plaistow which the project has built. 239 properties remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution of which 92 in postcodes Rh14 0PE, RH14 0TF, RH14 0TG, RH14 0TH, RH14 0TQ, RH14 0TZ, RH14 0UA and RH14 0UB are included in BT’s delivery plans to extend coverage of ‘superfast’ broadband by the end of 2017. Some premises in postcodes RH14 0UD and RH14 0UE are also included. 61 premises in Durfold Wood are served by Dunsfold cabinet 3 upgraded by the publicly funded Superfast Surrey project. However, the premises are so far from the cabinet that they not see any improvement in speeds. They continue to remain eligible for any future funding. Sutton: the whole parish benefits from FTTP fibre broadband infrastructure bar one property in Rh20 1ET which remains eligible for any future funding. Stopham: the whole parish is served by the upgraded fibre cabinet Fittleworth 1. 22 properties do not see any benefit as they are on long line lengths from the connecting copper cabinet which means the broadband signal deteriorates. They remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Tillington: the whole parish has benefited from the upgraded fibre cabinet Petworth 12 built by the project. Wisborough Green: the project has built fibre cabinets Wisborough Green 1,3, 4 and 5 and the majority of the parish now has access to superfast speeds. Wisborough Green cabinet 2 has not been built as upgrading it would not deliver superfast speeds to the majority of premises attached to it. 112 properties remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Bepton: the parish was not eligible for public funding of broadband infrastructure until a change in the criteria made it possible to include postcodes previously included in the commercial roll out. The parish is eligible for the additional funding provided by the County Council for the purposes of extending coverage by the end of 2017 however a ‘superfast’ solution has not costed in to BT’s delivery plans. 85 properties remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Elsted and Treyford: 7 properties in Hooksway and North Marden are served by FTTP from East Marden exchange built by the project. The remainder of parish is served by Midhurst 6 and Harting 1, both upgraded by the project, but the vast majority of premises are too far away to see any benefit from their upgrade (only two properties see any uplift). GU29 0JS and GU29 0JT are included in BT’s delivery plans to extend coverage of ‘superfast’ broadband by the end of 2017. All other postcodes in the parish continue to remain eligible for any future funding. Harting: the majority of parish served by the upgraded fibre cabinets Harting 1 and 2 which have been built by the project. 101 premises remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Linch: premises in the parish are all on long line lengths from broadband cabinets that the project has upgraded in Liphook, Milland and Haslemere. Some premises are served by infrastructure in Hampshire; however no property sees any change in their situation. The parish remains eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Midhurst: the majority of the town was included in the commercial roll out of broadband by BT so was ineligible for funding. The project has built fibre cabinet Midhurst 12 and carried out some rearrangement engineering on lines which were previously connected directly to the exchange and giving the vast majority of premises ‘superfast’. Only nine premises in postcodes GU29 9FR, GU29 9LX and GU29 9NF remain eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Milland: the project built the fibre cabinet Milland 1 which serves half of the parish and provides ‘superfast’ broadband to the majority of premises. Other infrastructure is located in Hampshire and does not get built by Superfast Hampshire. GU30 7EH, GU30 7EL and GU30 7EJ are all partially included in the delivery plans of BT to extend coverage by the end of 2017. Rogate: the parish is served by fibre cabinets 1, 2, 5 and 6 and Liss 8 which have been built by the project. Some of properties that remain unserved are connected to cabinets in Hampshire and continue to remain eligible for any future funding. Stedham with Iping: the majority of the parish was previously ineligible for funding as it was included in the commercial roll out by BT, although properties see no benefit as they are on long line lengths from the upgraded cabinets. Fibre cabinet Midhurst 6 was built by the project and provides some superfast coverage. 50 premises continue to be eligible for any future funding for a ‘superfast’ solution. Trotton with Chithurst: more than one hundred premises are served by cabinets build in the Midhurst and Rogate exchange areas. Some see improved speeds but none get access to ‘superfast’ broadband. Whole parish remains eligible for any future funding. Woolbeding with Redford: part of the parish was initially ineligible for public funding as it had been covered by the commercial roll out of broadband by BT. Eligible premises are served by the upgraded fibre cabinet Milland 1, built by the project but are too far away from it to benefit. All of these premises remain eligible for any future funding. Barlavington: whole parish was eligible for funding and more than half of it has benefited from FTTP services built from Sutton Exchange. 20 premises continue to remain eligible for funding for a ‘superfast’ solution as these are attached to fibre cabinet Petworth 4 and are on long line lengths.