RecQuery
09-Nov-11, 09:42
Before I get started, here's an extract of the HIE/BDUK NGB rollout:
2013 - NGB connectivity and backhaul Points of Presence (PoPs) to as many settlements as possible but with coverage to at least 50% of the settlements and to at least 2 settlements within each local authority (LA) area;
2014 - Minimum of 50 settlements connected and receiving NGB services. PoPs established across the Highlands and Islands area;
2015 - 20km radius covered from each of a minimum 50 settlements + 2Mbps coverage to all. Note that the total coverage achieved at this is expected to meet BDUK targets;
2017 - NGB coverage progress check;
2020 - NGB to all.
Needless to say I am not filled with confidence, no one has ever defined what NGB (Next Generation Broadband) means in the Highlands and Islands area in any written or official form (to me it means speeds of at least those provided by ADSL2+). My concerns and the concerns of others is that they're going to class 2 Mbps as the NGB speed. I said earlier that I thought they were going to waste the money on consultants etc, I hope I wasn't being prophetic.
2013 - NGB connectivity and backhaul Points of Presence (PoPs) to as many settlements as possible but with coverage to at least 50% of the settlements and to at least 2 settlements within each local authority (LA) area;
2014 - Minimum of 50 settlements connected and receiving NGB services. PoPs established across the Highlands and Islands area;
2015 - 20km radius covered from each of a minimum 50 settlements + 2Mbps coverage to all. Note that the total coverage achieved at this is expected to meet BDUK targets;
2017 - NGB coverage progress check;
2020 - NGB to all.
Needless to say I am not filled with confidence, no one has ever defined what NGB (Next Generation Broadband) means in the Highlands and Islands area in any written or official form (to me it means speeds of at least those provided by ADSL2+). My concerns and the concerns of others is that they're going to class 2 Mbps as the NGB speed. I said earlier that I thought they were going to waste the money on consultants etc, I hope I wasn't being prophetic.