RURAL WINGS

1 RURAL WINGS IPAthens, January 7-8, 2008

RURAL WINGS

Athens Plenary meeting

Avanti Contribution

2 RURAL WINGS IPAthens, April 7, 2006

Agenda

Avanti contribution will be in the following areas:

Day one:Report from the on-going test runs

UK Site report UK Satcomms report

Day two:Discussions

Assessment of the test runs Bandwidth issues Deliverables status

WP8 - D8.1 Market Analysis and Business Case


UK Site Report - 1

Summary of Active Terminals

Site Active Since

Alt. Climate Popn.

Bewholme, East Yorkshire, England

Jun 07 10 Coastal, Temperate

50

Cilcennin, Ceredigion, Wales

Jun 07 30 Coastal, Temperate

30

Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, England

Sep 07 10 Inland, Temperate

250

Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sep 07 50 Inland, Temperate

15


UK Site Report - 2

User Profiles

Translation issues - noneLocalisation issues

Cilcennin* - mesh wifi network Cambourne - wifi in schools.

Site Type Wifi? End points

Bandwidth

Bewholme farm/community yes 6 1M/256

Cilcennin sme/community No* 5 1M/256

Biggar farm yes 3 1M/256

Cambourne community yes 4 1M/256


UK Site Report - 3

Installation Photos

Bewholme

Cilcennin


UK Site Report - 4

Training activities

Site Sessions Attendance

Description

Bewholme InitialFollow up

116

Support to local expertMany levels of expertiseNon-RW-specific support materials usedGeneral welcome for system

Cilcennin InitialFollow up

89

Concern about sustainabilitySpecific mesh network questionsPossible extension to outlying areaGeneral welcome for system

Cambourne Initial demo only 3 Initial enthusiasm stalled

Biggar Initial demo only 1


UK Site Report - 5

Statistics

We continuously collect statistics for all terminals. Many statistics are available. But beware data protection!

The following examples are from Cilcennin.


UK Site Report - 6

Also available in spreadsheet form for further processing / integration.


UK Satcomms Report

Overview

A key event was change of hub/terminal vendor It was decided to migrate RW terminals to new system Terminal migration took place in October/November There were some initial performance problems, which have

now been solved.

Issues

Change of hub/terminal vendor Concerns about the health aspects of wifi, especially in

schools


Assessment of the Test Runs - 1

Overview

Despite post-migration problems there was a general welcome for the system

Sites are very different, some are enthusiastic & active whilst some are silent and not active

Sites are generally using general Internet tools like Search Engines rather than the RW-specific applications

Challenges

Increased use of RW applications by existing sites Addition of more applications suitable to existing sites Location of more suitable sites for next phase

Bandwidth Issues

N/A


Deliverable Status - 1

D8.1 (Market defn & Business Case) Overview

Effort - 27 man monthsPartners involved – 11 main + others in WPDDocument Issues - 3 in this 18 month period M21 initial – outline market plan and 1st version of business

case M25 update – market research and analysis M30 update – market monitoring



Status

Since august several draft documents issued with requests for contribution (as requested or requested areas of the document)

Initial issue already 2 months late, and we now plan (have) to deliver the initial issue by the end of Jan

Concerns The document is immature Broadband is reasonably well covered but would benefit

from more information about national broadband initiatives The biggest hole is the lack of information about national

edcuational systems & markets.



The feasibility document already covers some of the material

It will be difficult to justify much effort in the work package Reviewers might be critical and we need an approach From the comments received so far it is not clear if

partners Want to be involved Have the necessary resources

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