Open Market Review Template Lincolnshire Broadband Programme REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 1. INTRODUCTION The Lincolnshire Broadband Programme strives to provide the best broadband connectivity possible across its programme Area. The Programme covers the county boundary of Lincolnshire which includes the seven District Councils of Lincoln City, West Lindsey, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Kesteven, Boston Borough and South Holland. The overarching aspiration of Lincolnshire Broadband Programme is to deliver 97% superfast broadband by 2020. 2. GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE As described above, our Area encompasses the premises that are defined within the accompanying spreadsheet which details the post codes and associated premises count. The postcode data has been sourced from A map of this area is AddressBase version Epoch 53 released 12th October 2017. shown at the foot of this document and is also available in a GIS format upon request. 3. PROGRESS TO DATE Our initial Local Broadband Plan was approved in March 2013, covering an Intervention Area of some 156,667 premises that were assessed as being outside the scope for normal commercial NGA investment through an open market review process. The phase 1 contract signed in March 2013 aimed to deliver at least 90% superfast broadband coverage to the Programme Area by March 2016 and in line with the UK Government’s targets, we are seeking to substantially contribute to the Government objective of at least 95% superfast coverage nationally by the end of 2017 though our phase 2 contract signed in May 2015. Funding will be detailed as part of the upcoming procurement and any restrictions on its usage will be explained in our forthcoming tender documentation. It is therefore Lincolnshire Broadband Programme's intention to procure Next Generation Access solutions those capable of – achieving a minimum of 30 Mbps download speed - for the remaining area in scope for NGA deployment.
Open Market Review Template Lincolnshire Broadband Programme REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 1. INTRODUCTION The Lincolnshire Broadband Programme strives to provide the best broadband connectivity possible across its programme Area. The Programme covers the county boundary of Lincolnshire which includes the seven District Councils of Lincoln City, West Lindsey, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Kesteven, Boston Borough and South Holland. The overarching aspiration of Lincolnshire Broadband Programme is to deliver 97% superfast broadband by 2020. 2. GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE As described above, our Area encompasses the premises that are defined within the accompanying spreadsheet which details the post codes and associated premises count. The postcode data has been sourced from AddressBase version Epoch 53 released 12th October 2017. A map of this area is shown at the foot of this document and is also available in a GIS format upon request. 3. PROGRESS TO DATE Our initial Local Broadband Plan was approved in March 2013, covering an Intervention Area of some 156,667 premises that were assessed as being outside the scope for normal commercial NGA investment through an open market review process. The phase 1 contract signed in March 2013 aimed to deliver at least 90% superfast broadband coverage to the Programme Area by March 2016 and in line with the UK Government’s targets, we are seeking to substantially contribute to the Government objective of at least 95% superfast coverage nationally by the end of 2017 though our phase 2 contract signed in May 2015. Funding will be detailed as part of the upcoming procurement and any restrictions on its usage will be explained in our forthcoming tender documentation. It is therefore Lincolnshire Broadband Programme's intention to procure Next Generation Access solutions – those capable of achieving a minimum of 30 Mbps download speed - for the remaining area in scope for NGA deployment.
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