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1 Digital Scotland Professor Michael Fourman FRSE FBCS (chair) Professor Geoffrey Boulton FRS FRSE Professor Peter Buneman FRS FRSE Professor Peter Clarke FIET Professor Steve McLaughlin FREng FRSE Professor David Milne FREng FRSE Ian Ritchie FREng FRSE FBCS Professor Mark Schaffer FRSE Ms Polly Purvis Professor Claire Wallace Ms Susan Bishop (secretary)

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4 Benefits Health Education Commerce Society

5 the issue of the lack of trunk capacity is a real constraint on the promotion of economic development in island and remote rural areas... Connecting Scotland

6 Broadband Reach Pathfinder < 1.2 sec. latency every school reached % 0.3 Mb/s

7 Scotland s ambition? 1 Gb/s 100 Mb/s 10 Mb/s 1 Mb/s Technology limit: modem speeds Neilsen data: consumer speeds Finland USO UK USO RSE USO recommendation for Scotland 100 Kb/s Scotland Kb/s Technology envelope UK USO Finland USO RSE USO recommendation

8 median speed? x 8 every 5 years Mb/s 2 Mb/s 16 Mb/s 1 Gb/s 2 Mb/s 16 Mb/s 128 Mb/s 8 Gb/s? 16 Mb/s 128 Mb/s 1 Gb/s 64 Gb/s??

9 the issue of the lack of trunk capacity is a real constraint on the promotion of economic development, beyond the centres of our largest cities... backhaul demand 5 Small Towns Population Airdrie 37, Gb/s 9.25 Gb/s 74 Gb/s Elgin 19, Mb/s 4.75 Gb/s 38 Gb/s Stranraer 11, Mb/s 2.75 Gb/s 22 Gb/s Selkirk 6, Mb/s 1.5 Gb/s 12 Gb/s Dingwall 5, Mb/s 1.25 Gb/s 10 Gb/s

10 Scotland needs fibre to the community every community of more than 2,000 people should have fibre within reach km Mb/s VDSL2 < 0.5 < 100 3G < 1.5 < 10 DSL < 2 < 25 WiMAX < 20 < 100 Cable < 150 < 300 Fiber > 300 > 10,000,000

11 how close are the neighbours? 10 km 98% of Scotland s homes have 800 neighbours within 10 km 1km 86% of Scotland s homes have 800 neighbours within 1 km 70% of Scotland s homes have 800 neighbours within 500 m 100m 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% % residences 99% of dwellings in Scotland have more than 800 neighbours within 12,000 metres

12 how much fibre? > 16 Mb/s for all 2458 km additional rural fibre

13 how much fibre? > 16 Mb/s for all 100m capital 2458 km additional 10m pa rural O&M fibre 250m to build and operate over 15 years

14 80% < 700m 90% < 2km 95% < 5km 99% < 12km 100% < 30km

15 Broadband infrastructure Digital inclusion Mobile provision Embedded internet New business models Consumer confidence Openness, innovation, inclusion

16 who benefits? who pays? Connects 25,000 businesses 1,000,000 people 20% of Scotland

17 Recommendations for the Scottish Government 1 Create Digital Scotland Trust Non Profit-Distributing Organisation national register of digital infrastructure build and operate core network reaching all communities open access to backbone infrastructure financing and funding 2 Adopt a Digital Scotland Strategy 3 Engage with Ofcom and UK government 4 Enable digital inclusion Mb/s minimum median

18 Recommendations for the Scottish Government 1 Create Digital Scotland Trust 2 Adopt a Digital Scotland Strategy Remove distortions in rating of fibre Use procurement to stimulate backbone investment Use planning to mandate infrastructure sharing Require fibre in public works and new build Secure EU funding for backhaul and access in high-cost areas 3 Engage with Ofcom and UK government 4 Enable digital inclusion Mb/s minimum median

19 Recommendations for the Scottish Government 1 Create Digital Scotland Trust 2 Adopt a Digital Scotland Strategy 3 Engage with Ofcom and UK government to Develop and evolve regulatory framework for open access Ensure availability of spectrum for urban and rural use Use planning to mandate infrastructure sharing Ensure content is online accessible where transmissions are not Lower bureaucratic burdens for small, local access network providers 4 Enable digital inclusion Mb/s minimum median

20 Recommendations for the Scottish Government 1 Create Digital Scotland Trust 2 Adopt a Digital Scotland Strategy 3 Engage with Ofcom and UK government to 4 Enable digital inclusion Establish public access hubs in every community Make backhaul connections available to local access networks Provide individual access, plus support and information Foster tele-work, tele-medicine, e-government and e-learning Include digital education and training within existing programmes Require standards-based and open-source software in procurements Ensure open access to public data in Scotland

21 Recommendations for the Scottish Government 1 Create Digital Scotland Trust 2 Adopt an ambitious Digital Scotland Strategy 3 Engage with Ofcom and UK government 4 Enable universal digital inclusion Mb/s minimum median