{"id":24178,"date":"2020-09-30T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=24178"},"modified":"2020-09-30T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:00:35","slug":"q2-2020-progress-update-on-wales-bt-fttp-broadband-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/09\/q2-2020-progress-update-on-wales-bt-fttp-broadband-rollout.html","title":{"rendered":"Q2 2020 Progress Update on Wales BT FTTP Broadband Rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welsh Government<\/a> has issued a progress update on their \u00a352.5m Phase 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/broadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Superfast Cymru<\/strong><\/a> contract with <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a> (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a>), which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-110 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"fttp\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_fibre_optic.php\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP network to cover a further 39,000 premises. The data to June 2020 shows that 9,895 have so far been completed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The second contract actually consists of two stages, the original <strong>\u00a322.5m<\/strong> deal (reflecting a target of 26,000 premises by March 2021) and a much more recent <strong>\u00a330m<\/strong> extension (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/wales-extends-bt-fttp-broadband-rollout-to-39000-premises.html\">13,000 premises by June 2020<\/a>). The reason why the extension is more expensive is because the cost of deployment rises disproportionately as you enter those increasingly remote and sparse communities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The contract is deploying <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-110 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"fttp\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_fibre_optic.php\">FTTP<\/a> to tackle some of those areas in the final 4-5% of Wales that still cannot access a &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (30Mbps+) connection.<\/div>\n<p>According to the latest update to the end of June 2020 from the WG&#8217;s Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, <strong>Lee Waters<\/strong>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a> has so far built their full fibre network to a total of 9,895 premises under the contract (of these 2,066 are in the Lot 1 area, 3,345 in Lot 2 and 4,484 in Lot 3 &#8211; see below for more detail).<\/p>\n<p>All of these completed premises are subject to further assurance by WG and so far 8,322 have been checked through this ongoing process. &#8220;<em>The continued successful deployment of the project must be seen against the background of the current pandemic. Openreach has worked hard to maintain the delivery of the project<\/em>,&#8221; said Lee to all members of the Senedd.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly more than 60,000 are still expected to remain unserved once the current contract ends. Some of that will probably be tackled by their voucher scheme and community fund, but others may have to wait for the UK Government&#8217;s \u00a35bn investment in gigabit-capable broadband to be set out in detail (expected soon).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Breakdown by local authority<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Lot<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Local Authority<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"bq3\"><strong>Ready for Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">1<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">CEREDIGION&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">370<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">1<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">CONWY&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">503<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">1<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">DENBIGHSHIRE&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">1<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">GWYNEDD&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">774<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">1<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">ISLE OF ANGLESEY&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">CARDIFF&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">242<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">FLINTSHIRE&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">552<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">MONMOUTHSHIRE&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">NEWPORT&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">POWYS&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">VALE OF GLAMORGAN&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">WREXHAM&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">1,358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">BLAENAU GWENT&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">BRIDGEND&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">1,004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">CAERPHILLY&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">1,576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">CARMARTHENSHIRE&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">MERTHYR TYDFIL&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">148<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">NEATH PORT TALBOT&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">PEMBROKESHIRE&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">182<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">RHONDDA CYNON TAFF&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">726<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">SWANSEA&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"67\">3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"164\">TORFAEN&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Government has issued a progress update on their \u00a352.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which is deploying a gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover a further 39,000 premises. 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