{"id":12742,"date":"2016-10-21T15:33:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2016-10-21T15:35:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:35:35","slug":"uk-government-offers-advice-community-broadband-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/10\/uk-government-offers-advice-community-broadband-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"UK Government Offers Advice on Community Broadband Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s <a class=\"organisation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-culture-media-sport\">Department for Culture, Media &amp; Sport<\/a> (DCMS) has today uploaded a batch of reports and case studies that are designed to provide help and information for anybody looking to establish their own community broadband solutions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\" target=\"_blank\">main summary page<\/a> includes a general introduction to community schemes, as well as some guidance documents and a long list of case studies, which highlight 10 existing community focused roll-outs of superfast broadband. Many of the case studies are based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P) deployment, although there are also some from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/b4rn\" target=\"_blank\">B4RN<\/a> and other projects.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by DCMS said, &#8220;<em>Over the past few years, a number of communities &#8211; both urban and rural &#8211; have successfully improved broadband access in their local area. The aim of [this information] is to build on their successes by helping other community groups to access and benefit from potential models, case studies, guidance and funding options relevant to local broadband projects<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All of this appears to play into what the Government\u2019s Digital Minister, <strong>Matthew Hancock MP<\/strong>, said earlier in the week (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/10\/uk-digital-minister-supports-fttph-future-gigabit-broadband.html\">here<\/a>) about supporting alternative network providers and being &#8220;<em>on the side of the challenger<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1169px;\" width=\"668\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Case Study<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Case Study Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Model Type<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Project overview<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#preston-village-case-study\">Preston Village<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 2: Buy into existing commercial rollout<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> and local community joint funded a cabinet upgrade to deliver Fibre to the Cabinet (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>) to 130 premises<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#coleorton-hall-estate-case-study\">Coleorton Hall Estate<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 2: Buy into existing commercial rollout<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> and local community joint funded a new fibre cabinet as previously residents were connected by \u2018exchange only\u2019 lines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#fell-end-case-study\">Fell End<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 2: Buy into existing commercial rollout<\/td>\n<td>A community built &#8211; with some public funding support &#8211; 15km <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> broadband network connecting 58 deeply rural premises, adopted by BT and incorporated into their network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#cotwalton-community-broadband-case-study\">Cotwalton Community Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 3: Buy into publicly funded rollout<\/td>\n<td>The Staffordshire village of Cotwalton used BT\u2019s Community Fibre Partnership to join the existing publicly funded rollout to aim to serve up to 14 premises using Fibre to the Premises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#cybermoor-south-tyne-valley-case-study\">Cybermoor, South Tyne Valley<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 4: Bespoke solution, supplier owned and operated<\/td>\n<td>The South Tyne Valley is a remote area and this Pilot project aimed to assess the suitability of social investment and loans for broadband deployment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#herefordshire-community-networks-case-study\">Herefordshire Community Networks<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 5: Community owned, supplier operated<\/td>\n<td>Community Fibre to the Premises (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) scheme covering an initial 28 properties, mixed residential and small business, financing 50\/50 from community shares and connection vouchers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#kelston-community-broadband-case-study\">Kelston Community Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 5: Community owned, supplier operated<\/td>\n<td>Rural parish of mixed residential\/business properties, adjacent to Bath city boundary and three miles from the city centre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#perseverance-works-case-study\">Perseverance Works<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 5: Community owned, supplier operated<\/td>\n<td>Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) network in a privately owned area of east London, a stone\u2019s throw from the Old Street Silicon Roundabout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#tove-valley-case-study\">Tove Valley Broadband<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 6: Community owned and operated<\/td>\n<td>A community group in Northumberland run since 2003 to improve local broadband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/community-led-broadband-schemes\/case-studies#b4rn-case-study\">Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Model 6: Community owned and operated<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/b4rn\" target=\"_blank\">B4RN<\/a> is a Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) network run by a dedicated local team with the support of landowners and volunteers in North West England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s Department for Culture, Media &amp; 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