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Delivering Town Centre and wider NGA
through use of a CCTV fibre optic
network: the case of Colchester, Essex
Jim Leask
Senior Enterprise Officer
Workshop Presentation
NextGen10 Conference
23 November 2010
Colchester – location and population
One-third of the Borough is urban
but contains two-thirds of the
population of 177,000 (2009).
The population is expected to
grow to 223,500 people in 2021.
This is an increase of 46,500
people over a 12 year period the fastest growing place in Essex
Purpose of the Strategy
So that Colchester Borough….
• becomes a highly competitive location for
business, improving employment opportunities
while containing ICT costs;
• strengthens and enhances its attraction as a
tourism, cultural and retail destination;
• reduces transport movements and lessens traffic
congestion;
• raises the quality of life of all its residents,
particularly those who require health and care
services;
• leads on the delivery of modern public services
while reducing their future costs;
• supports new IP applications and content provision
for public, private and community needs.
Vision and objectives
Our Vision is to make the Borough the best-connected
Authority in the East of England by – at the latest 2013.
To achieve this ambition Colchester will have
accelerated the formation of a digital infrastructure
enabling access to a fast, affordable broadband
service for all. This high bandwidth service across a
wide range of IP applications will contribute to
leading-edge outcomes for all businesses,
organisations, residents and visitors.
All homes, business premises, and mobile phone users
will be able to connect to an affordable, high speed,
open access broadband network offering at least
20Mbps download speed and 10Mbps upload speed
by 2012 and 40-50 Mbps download and upload
bandwidth by 2013.
Why Colchester is well-placed for NGA roll-out
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The Local Authority owns and manages its CCTV network with
126 town centre cameras connected by twin FOC…one of only
perhaps a handful of LA s to do so
The Town Centre has a high demand for NGA services – large
student population, strong creative and media sector, tourism
hotspot and major retail centre
Traffic congestion is significant and the Borough is the fastest
growing
The CCTV network can deliver wireless and fixed NGA through
procuring one or more ISPs to deliver an “open access” network
Linkage to the town centre makes a combination of wireless and
PCP-related rural initiatives attractive to other ISPs, catalysing
wider roll-out to all the rural area
A Programme approach
Projects
• Digital Town Centre
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Radio Microwave for Rural Connectivity
Rural network build out
FTTx – Fibre network build-out for homes and
businesses
Actions
– Engaging local network installers and rural communities/parish
councils
– Aggregating major user demands – bandwidth and applications
– Implanting fibre optic ducting on major new build projects –
residential and commercial developments
– Skilling the user communities
Microwave broadband in Colchester: example using key point-to-point
locations and coverage
Wireless for rural broadband: an example of point-to-point breaking out
to point-to-multipoint
Thanks for listening….