Broadband Survey 2020
We have an opportunity to take advantage of one or more Government funded schemes to further improve broadband connectivity by installing Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) infrastructure in Watlington. This would alleviate problems associated with ancient copper infrastructure. The schemes award vouchers for residential & business properties on the basis of requiring a ratio of one business being connected to ten residential premises and there is no capital cost that you would incur for the upgrading of the infrastructure*.
The only stipulation is that you agree to commit to upgrade to a minimum 100Mb/s service for twelve months – we estimate the monthly cost in total to be in the region of £35 to £50 plus VAT. Some ISP’s may request a small activation fee.
Background and details of how the voucher schemes work can be found at https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk .
There are multiple suppliers operating the scheme, and the parish council considers there is a risk that without coordination, there could be more than one project kickstarted. This could lead to fragmentation and possible collapse of resultant projects, and also potentially lead to multiple suppliers disrupting the village with duplicate road closures etc. As such, following the close of this survey, the parish will seek to work with one supplier to get the scheme underway.
To establish the demand for improved broadband, we need to ask a few questions. Please complete the questionnaire that follows. You can email your reply to wpc@watlington-oxon-pc.gov.uk
SURVEY
The only stipulation is that you agree to commit to upgrade to a minimum 100Mb/s service for twelve months – we estimate the monthly cost in total to be in the region of £35 to £50 plus VAT. Some ISP’s may request a small activation fee.
Background and details of how the voucher schemes work can be found at https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk .
There are multiple suppliers operating the scheme, and the parish council considers there is a risk that without coordination, there could be more than one project kickstarted. This could lead to fragmentation and possible collapse of resultant projects, and also potentially lead to multiple suppliers disrupting the village with duplicate road closures etc. As such, following the close of this survey, the parish will seek to work with one supplier to get the scheme underway.
To establish the demand for improved broadband, we need to ask a few questions. Please complete the questionnaire that follows. You can email your reply to wpc@watlington-oxon-pc.gov.uk
SURVEY