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In a surprise twist the UK Government has technically started the rollout phase of their \u00a35bn Gigabit Broadband Programme<\/a><\/strong> early by reaching a unique agreement with the Scottish Government<\/a>’s existing \u00a3579m Reaching 100% (R100) project, which will see them replace FTTC<\/a> with FTTP<\/a> in rural parts of Central Scotland.<\/p>\n

Under the deal more than 5,368 premises<\/strong> (homes and businesses) in Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Stirlingshire, Greater Glasgow and Lothian will get access to gigabit speeds thanks to the first \u00a34.5m to be awarded under the UK government’s nationwide gigabit programme. But explaining why they’re able to do this, before the \u00a35bn programme has even properly begun, requires a brief history lesson.<\/p>\n

The original R100 contract for LOT 2<\/strong> (Central Scotland), which alone is worth \u00a383m<\/strong>, was awarded to Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>) back in October 2019 (here<\/a>) and they began the rollout phase last year. In LOT 2, of the originally eligible 55,000 premises, the contract – alongside greater than anticipated commercial build – was set to reach at least 47,000 premises<\/strong> and the “vast majority<\/em>” would be done using gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the much more recent UK Gigabit Broadband Programme<\/a><\/strong>, which has initially only released \u00a31.2bn of its total funding pot for the next 4 years of work, aims to help extend “gigabit-capable<\/em>” network coverage (mostly FTTP<\/a>) to a minimum of 85% by the end of 2025 – before getting “as close to 100% as possible<\/em>” (this scheme targets its help toward the final 20% of predominantly rural premises).<\/p>\n

However, the UK Government’s new gigabit programme is still in its pre-launch phase and remains far away from being able to award its first contracts. But in this case the Building Digital UK<\/a> (DCMS) team appear to have done some outside of the box thinking and come up with an additional way of maximising gigabit coverage, before any new contracts have been awarded.<\/p>\n

In short, they supplied additional funding to help tackle those areas in R100 LOT 2 that might have otherwise only received a much slower Fibre-to-the-Cabinet<\/strong> (FTTC<\/a> \/ VDSL2<\/a>) service, which is because R100’s official goal was to ensure that virtually all of Scotland can access a “superfast broadband<\/em>” (30Mbps+<\/strong>) network (i.e. it was established long before the modern ‘gigabit’ focus took hold). But now those areas will get 1000Mbps capable FTTP instead, just like the rest of LOT 2.<\/p>\n

“On the basis that the UK Gigabit Programme would have to revisit these 5,368 premises at some point in the future to convert them to FTTP, the Scottish and UK Governments have agreed a technology \u2018flip\u2019 from FTTC<\/a> to FTTP. This offers the chance to reduce build costs, enabling delivery of the connections earlier and at greater value for money,<\/em>” said the announcement.<\/p>\n

Matt Warman, UK Minister for Digital Infrastructure, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The first pound to be spent from our \u00a35 billion pot for gigabit broadband will be in Scotland.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because it is our mission to deliver lightning-fast next-generation internet connections to all parts of the UK as we build back better from the pandemic.<\/p>\n

And this is just the start. Other areas of Scotland and the rest of the UK will benefit from our record investment in this national broadband upgrade and we\u2019ll announce more regions shortly.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paul Wheelhouse, Scotland\u2019s Connectivity Minister, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The past year has demonstrated beyond doubt just how vital digital connectivity is across all areas of our lives \u2013 from health, wellbeing and education to social and economic recovery. That\u2019s why the Scottish Government<\/a> is investing \u00a3579 million in funding towards the \u00a3600 million cost of our Reaching 100% programme, building the infrastructure which, together with commercially-driven work, will ensure access to superfast broadband speeds to 100% of homes and businesses across Scotland.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of connections being delivered to more than 120,000 premises through our investment in the three R100 area contracts – 100% in South, 86% in North and, now, 95% in Central – will be through fibre directly to the premises, delivering gigabit capability, providing connection speeds 30 times faster than our superfast commitment, and resilient, future-proofed connectivity for decades to come.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The agreement raises the prospect of a similar approach being adopted for other contracts across the United Kingdom (the announcement suggests that more areas will follow), although in reality the impact of this may be fairly limited because very few contracts signed during the past 2-3 years has involved much FTTC (i.e. R100 was largely negotiated prior to this change of strategy, which now sees FTTP take precedence).<\/p>\n

On the political front this also means that the UK Government can claim to have started the rollout of their new gigabit programme, but in reality it probably won’t be awarding any of its own contracts until much later this year and thus the first deployments under those might not begin until early 2022 or thereabouts. But we do like the more pro-active and logical approach being demonstrated above.<\/p>\n

We predict that R100’s LOT 1 (Northern Scotland) contract may be one of the next to benefit. Most of that is also FTTP, but as can be seen from the comment made by Paul Wheelhouse above, there does look to be some FTTC that is ripe for conversion. As LOT 1 was only recently signed, following delays from a protracted legal dispute with one of the previous bidders (Gigaclear<\/a>), then it might be later this spring before we hear the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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