A look at the approaches to delivering rural broadband - top down and bottom up including community-led schemes.

1. Top-down or Bottom-up?
Its never that simple!

2. Digital Isolation
Amsterdam Witney Blewbury AlstonManchester

3. Witney Blewbury Alston
Digital Isolation
CommunityCommitment
Manchester

4. Viablebusinessmodel

5. Viablebusinessmodel

6. Viablebusinessmodel

7. Viablebusinessmodel

8. Top-down or Bottom-up?
Viable Business Model
Industrial finance Community finance
Quality Network
Purchasing Tailoring
Basic Services
Scale!
Customer CareCommunications
Tools Local channelsTools Friend @ hand

9. Digital Isolation is the traditional test of broadband viability
Community commitment can make more areas viable
Viable projects need a balance of seven characteristics
Neither top-down or bottom-up approaches can achieve a
balance alone
Its about blending the two approaches
Franchising!

10. Thank you!
Adrian Wooster
adrian@wooster.org.uk
wooster.org.uk