Kevin Wood's presentation on the challenges of a rural fibre scheme in Cumbria.

1. P RACTICAL NGA E XPERIENCE

2. E XISTING N ETWORK
 Cisco in 2002
 802.11
 Interference
with home
wifi
 No spares

3. F IBRE R OUTE

4. F IBRE O BJECTIVES
 From Cybermoor office to two schools
 Approx 20 homes/businesses connected en route
 Capacity to expand in the future
 Demonstrate the benefits of a local solution
 Preferentially use local contractors
 Reduce total costs
 National average £90 - £125 per metre
 Target £10 - £20 per metre
 Currently achieving ≈ £14

5. W IMAX S OLUTIONS
 Upgrade every connection
 Eliminate interference
 Better quality of service
 Up to 12 Mb/sec
 Reduce support costs

6. F IBRE S OLUTIONS

7. C ONNECTING TO U SERS

8. B ACKHAUL
9 m mast
Tower at
Fire station
showing proposed
antenna
25 m mast
Mt Hooley

9. C HALLENGES
 Paperwork and permissions
 Where to find help
 Practicalities
 People

10. PAPERWORK & P EOPLE

 Paperwork andand permissions
Paperwork permissions
 Licences for contractors
 Where to find help
 Permissions to dig the verge & fees to pay
 Practicalities from land owners
 Permissions
 People England
 Natural
 Finding people in County Hall that know the answer
 People
 “I really need high speed broadband”
 “No you can’t cross my land”

11. P RACTICALITIES
 Where to find help?
 CBN
 Suppliers
 Ask a simple question & get a
complicated answer
 Results

19. L ESSONS
1. Get all of the planning issues and permissions
sorted before you start
2. Expect the unexpected – planning depts. etc
do not expect to deal with ‘amateurs’ and do not
necessarily know the answer to your questions
3. Work with the local landowners
4. Be ready with options
5. Persevere