{"id":28086,"date":"2021-09-03T09:12:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=28086"},"modified":"2021-10-01T12:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T11:28:43","slug":"progress-update-on-north-scotlands-r100-broadband-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/progress-update-on-north-scotlands-r100-broadband-rollout.html","title":{"rendered":"Progress Update on North Scotland’s R100 Broadband Rollout UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scottish Government<\/a> has today issued a progress update on their \u00a3600m Reaching 100% (R100) programme with Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>), which provides more detail on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP<\/a>) dominated plan for extending “superfast broadband<\/em>” (30Mbps+) across the LOT 1 area – North Scotland and the Highlands.<\/p>\n

Just to recap. The R100 programme, which was split into three contract LOTS, is largely focused on extending “superfast<\/em>” connectivity across as much of the final c.5% of poorly served premises in Scotland as possible. For example, LOT 2<\/strong> (Central Scotland) will reach 32,200 premises and 95.6% of those will be via FTTP<\/a> (the rest is FTTC<\/a>), while LOT 3<\/strong> (Southern Scotland) will reach 20,700 premises and 100% of that is FTTP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The premises passed targets have shrunk since the contracts were awarded, mostly due to the wider than forecast reach of commercial builds (here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/div>\n

By comparison, the award of the largest LOT 1<\/strong> (North Scotland and the Highlands) contract took a lot longer (here<\/a>) after it was delayed by a legal challenge from rival bidder Gigaclear<\/a> (here<\/a>). But the Scottish Government<\/a> had previously said that they expected this rollout would finish by the end of 2026 and just 86% under LOT 1 would be via FTTP.<\/p>\n

We should point out that additional funding from the UK government’s \u00a35bn Project Gigabit<\/strong><\/a> programme has already been used to convert some planned build of slower hybrid fibre FTTC<\/a> (VDSL2<\/a>) connectivity in LOT 2 to full fibre FTTP (here<\/a>). The good news is that today’s progress update not only gives us more detail on the LOT 1 deployment plan, but also confirms that they’ve managed to swap more FTTC<\/a> to FTTP.<\/p>\n

What’s New?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Take note that the original LOT 1 contract was valued at \u00a3384m<\/strong> and this was said to reflect about 100,000 remote premises across the Highlands and Islands, Angus, Aberdeenshire and Dundee. The contract also specified 9 mandated areas where 25% of premises must be able to get speeds of at least 100Mbps (on a Gigabit-capable connection). In addition, it includes a subsea fibre rollout to 15 more islands (here<\/a>), which is due to commence during summer 2022.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the final LOT 1 deployment plan has now been added to the Digital Scotland<\/strong><\/a> checker, which appears to confirm that the contract will complete by the end of 2026 and should give residents a bit more certainty. A cursory glance also suggests that 100% of LOT 1 may be FTTP, but we’re currently still awaiting clarification of the exact figures.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Government<\/a> states that “tens of thousands of rural and island homes and businesses<\/em>” will now benefit from LOT 1, which is lower than the previously announced figure of c.100,000, but that’s not a huge surprise due to the recent expansion of commercial builds by Openreach<\/a> and other operators (i.e. shrinking the areas that need public support).<\/p>\n

Kate Forbes, SG Economy Secretary, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Accessing fast and reliable broadband has never been so important and for our more rural communities that is becoming increasingly vital. That is why the Scottish Government is making substantial investments in digital infrastructure to ensure all of Scotland has equal access to high speed internet.<\/p>\n

The Reaching 100% programme is going significantly beyond our original commitment to provide superfast broadband and will now deliver the UK\u2019s fastest and most reliable broadband for many businesses and homes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Katie Milligan, Chair of Scotland’s Openreach<\/a> Board, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“As delivery partner, we\u2019re designing a network that maxes full fibre for the North of Scotland. We are pleased to have worked so closely with the Scottish Government to ensure homes and businesses will make the move straight to the UK\u2019s fastest, most reliable gigabit-capable broadband.<\/p>\n

The arrival of ultrafast broadband will be a game-changer, placing rural residents and remote islanders firmly in the internet fast lane. They will see a huge difference for life and work generally, but future-proof connectivity will also boost fragile rural economies and address sustainability issues like depopulation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At this point we shouldn’t forget that the original R100 ambition was to bring 30Mbps+ speeds to “every single premises in Scotland<\/em>” by the end of 2021 (March 2022 as a financial year), although ISPreview.co.uk has always viewed that target as being unachievable due to the length of time that it takes to build the new networks, but even we never expected the rollout to take this long (of course the original plan didn’t involve as much FTTP).<\/p>\n

The Digital Scotland website still highlights, using bold text, that “additional support will be provided to ensure that everyone can access a broadband service that can support superfast speeds by the end of 2021<\/em>,” but this is merely referencing the availability of their voucher scheme and does not reflect actual network availability (it takes a long time for a community to secure vouchers and then for the network build to begin). The reality is that it will still take until the end of 2026 for R100 to complete its build.<\/p>\n

We note that since the R100 build began, earlier this year, the programme has so far only enabled more than 3,400 more premises to access superfast broadband. Suffice to say, there’s a long way to go. We recommend reading our recent interview with Openreach’s Director of Fibre Build for the UK, Andrew Hepburn<\/strong>, for more details on their plans for Scotland (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> BT<\/a> has contributed \u00a350m of private investment to R100, which is on top of the \u00a3604.5m in public funding.<\/div>\n

UPDATE 1st October 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

We don’t know why it had to take this long to get some basic details back on LOT 1 from the Scottish Government, which ended up going through a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, but we do finally have our answers.<\/p>\n

1. Precisely how many premises will be covered under LOT 1?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The contract we have signed with BT<\/a> is expected to deliver to 59,276 premises. The total number of premises connected as a result of the contract may vary however due to matters beyond our control. For example if a property is demolished prior to a superfast connection being delivered it may be removed from the R100 Lot 1 (North) contract build plan.<\/p>\n

2. What proportion of the LOT 1 deployment will be FTTP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of the R100 North contract build will be fibre to the premises (FTTP).<\/p>\n

3. Is the completion date for LOT 1 still by the end of 2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We expect build in the R100 Lot 1 (North) contract to be completed during the financial year 2026\/27.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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