• £26m major engineering programme

• March 2013 contract awarded

• Programme aims:• Basic broadband for premises in programme area

• As much fibre based broadband with the funds available

• When added to commercial broadband roll-out:

• 93% fibre based broadband

• 87% superfast broadband (National target 90%)

• Milestone of build to date March 2015:

• 158 cabinets live, serving over 30,000 premises

• Average speed uplift to date – 52Mbps

• 35% of sub 2Mbps now getting faster broadband

Phase 1 BDUK Programme

The engineering challenge

• Feb 2014 – BDUK Phase 2 £250m investment - 95%

Superfast Broadband by 2017/Locally 90%

• Shropshire £11.38m Superfast Extension

• Ring fenced indefinitely

• Marches Local Enterprise Partnership - £5m

• EU funding - tba

• March 2014 £1.5m extra funding

• April 2014 – Shropshire Broadband Partnership

• Cabinet agreed to progress procurement for Phase 2

• Aim to finalise contract - April 2015

• Finish Phase 1 and commence Phase 2 - Winter 2016

Phase 2

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premises

Information

Munslow Cabinet 3

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Only or

‘EO’

108 High proportion of network

rearrangement completed for EO

lines onto Munslow 3 – still in

planning.

Likely by end of 2015

Munslow 1 66 34 projected to be picked up by

additional £1.4m by end of 2016

Phase 1 Build Projections for structures serving the Parish

Munslow Parish

Munslow Parish

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Thank You

Ben Walker

Connecting Shropshire

Marketing & Engagement Manager

Tel: 01743 253897

ben.walker@shropshire.gov.uk