Where is NGA happening? Presentation by Roger Darlington from the Communications Consumer Panel following their recently published report. CBN NextGen Roadshows 2009

1. WHERE IS NEXT GEN HAPPENING? Roger Darlington, Member for England, Communications Consumer Panel NextGenRoadshow, Manchester, 23 June 2009

2. 1 THE NATIONAL PICTURE Something happening in every nation and every region Scotland: 4 Wales: 2 N. Ireland: 3 England: London: 3 East: 3 South-East: 4 North-West: 4 South-West: 4 Yorkshire: 2 Midlands: 7 North-East: 2 Total: almost 40 (and counting)

3. 2 THE LOCAL SCENE Manchester - Oxford Road ‘Living Lab’ Salford - MediaCityUK in the Quays Alston - Cybermoor to Fibremoor

4. 3 MANY BUSINESS MODELS Major players - e.g. BT at Ebbsfleet, Muswell Hill & Whitchurch, Virgin Media at Warrington Smaller players - e.g. IFNL in Corby & Hampshire, H20 at Bournemouth & Dundee Regional development authorities - e.g. Digital Region & NYnet in Yorkshire, Advantage West Midlands at Longbridge Local authorities - e.g. Durham, Nottingham, Bristol, Walsall Private developers - e.g. Wembley, Salford Quays, Belfast's Titanic Quarter Community groups - e.g. CBN projects at Alston Moor, West Whitlawburn, Angus Glens

5. 4 WHY HAVE LOCAL NGA INITIATIVES? It will enable the trialling of different technical options It will enable the testing of different business models It will act as a stimulus to other larger-scale private investments It will over time help to demonstrate the scale and type of consumer demand for faster broadband speeds and the services that use such speeds

6. 5 DIGITAL BRITAIN FINAL REPORT Paragraph 72 on page 67: "Localised and community network developments have a role to play in developing next generation broadband, and where we can we should look to support their capacity, scale and expertise. Work on standardisation and inter-operability between local networks has already commenced. The Government will provide further support through a £150,000 grant to support the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA)." Also: Next Generation Fund - will community groups be eligible?

7. 6 FURTHER INFORMATION Communications Consumer Panel NGA review: http://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/Local%20initiatives%20on%20Next%20Generation%20Access%20in%20the%20UK.pdf http://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/smartweb/next-generation-networks/next-generation-networks Communications Consumer Panel web site and blog: http://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/ Roger Darlington: rogerdarlington@dsl.pipex.com