Broadband Steering Group 1 Present and Apologies 2
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1. Broadband Steering Group Minutes of the Meeting held on the 4 September 2014 7 45 p m Fernaig House 1 Present and Apologies Present Phil Game Joe Grimson Geoff Harrington Mary MacBeth Neil MacRae Apologies Hamish Howat Hurst 2 Approve and adopt previous minutes Proposed by Joe seconded by Geoff Copies of previous minutes are on our website at http www stromeferry and achmore co uk index asp pageid 433827 Email Broadband fernaig fsnet co uk if you would like to be put on the circulation list or you have any questions 3 Chairman s report 3 1 CBS Phil emailed Sandra who is on leave until Friday 5 September we will attempt to contact her on her return Action Phil 3 2 Subscribers Subscribers with completed installations 9 Subscribers remaining to install 38 Total 47 3 3 BBC Alba No change this month 3 4 Terms of Reference Deferred 4 Secretary s report 4 1 Insurance Completed 4 2 HC Grant The application form has been submitted to the HC and receipt confirmed by Robbie Bain Mary spoke to Audrey and as a result has submitted an addendum giving more details of the CBS grant Mary will look for alternate funding to assist with the first year s running costs Action Mary 4 3 Risk register No change this month Action Mary 4 4 Terms of Reference Deferred 5 Finance Director s Report As Hamish wasn t able to attend the following figures were taken from the last finance sp2. C wanted to follow this up Abandoned 11 AGM The AGM took place prior to this month s meeting minutes have been circulated 12 AOB None 13 Items to add to the agenda of the next meeting None 14 Next meeting Date of next meeting Thursday 2 October 7 00pm at Fernaig House The meeting closed at 9 45pm Page 4
3. e has been ordered and should be installed by the end of September We went through the likely timescales for ADSL line delivery completion of the volume trial ordering the second line and installation of more domestic equipment It was agreed we would continue with subscriber installations and order the next line as soon as we had enough feedback from the trials to be sure Plockton Exchange would provide sufficient capacity Action Phil We discussed ordering additional capacity and Phil presented the monthly rental costs for various options bonded and not bonded There is a significant price penalty per subscriber for two bonded lines when compared to three bonded lines Phil will circulate the details so we can look at this again later once we have some feedback from the volume trial Action Phil 8 6 Implementation 8 6 1 Phase 1 8 6 1 1 Equipment We are still purchasing some small items to prepare for the volume trial Hydro installation we need stationery Action Phil 8 7 Company Logo No progress this month Action All 9 Director s training session 9 1 I P address network map Joe chief network engineer and Phil have been using the plan to install subscribers equipment 9 2 Configuring Ubiquiti Equipment Joe chief equipment installer and Phil have been using the Ubiquiti software to configure and test subscribers equipment as it s being installed 10 Vodaphone This was passed to the CC but no one on the C
4. er we finally found the mains power cable which was hiding well away from where the Hydro said it was supposed to be The power supply was installed on the 1 September and we have now been given the MPAN number by SSE which allows us to organise the installation of a meter This must be done before we can use the new supply Mary has found the cheapest tariff for our low usage so we will apply for a meter from the relevant supplier Action Mary We have yet to bury the new Hydro power supply cable Phil to look for warning tape Our existing cable should be long enough to allow us to reroute it around the other side of Jim Coomber s garden However we will have to buy 50 metres of ducting to protect the cable as it will not now be possible to bury it as the ground consists mostly of rock Action Phil 8 4 2 Removal of old cable This is cannot be done until we have a replacement mains supply Action Phil Page 3 8 4 3 Protection of cable on the hill Joe suggested we look at a solar powered electric fence for the relays Geoff said he had some electric fence wire that could be used Phil will check that this will be OK with Fay We will test that this does not cause any interference with the electronic equipment Action Phil 8 4 4 Backup Generator No progress this month 8 5 ISPs 8 5 1 Community backhaul West Coast Backbone WCB No news this month 8 5 2 ADSL Broadband installation at Plockton High School The first ADSL lin
5. ion of the next group of subscribers as soon as we know the lead time for the installation of the first ADSL line Within the first few days of the start of the volume trial we will confirm the exchange can provide sufficient bandwidth and we will then order more capacity see 8 5 2 We will select the next subscribers installations based on their previously requested connection dates and the ease of connection Phil circulated a list of subscribers sequenced by their requested join date We will resurvey the line of sight from the partially obscured houses in the square Action Neil As soon as we are ready to start the next group of installations Joe will contact individuals to confirm start dates Action Phil Joe 7 3 Volume trial The configuration of the Nanobridges has been completed and they have been installed on Creag Mhaol Eric Morrison has very kindly agreed to let us use his power supply until we can switch to our own dedicated supply Phil has explained to Eric that once the Hydro supply is completed there will be a further delay whilst we wait for the meter to be installed When this is finished we will need a full dry day to move the cable to the other side of Jim Coomber s garden and connect our supply for the hill We are very grateful to Eric and Elizabeth r allowing us to use their power Joe and Phil installed the equipment at Plockton High School The installation of kit at directors houses is complete apart from Phil
6. readsheets produced by Hamish and amended by Phil Opening balance 1 160 34 Income and loans this period 800 00 Liabilities 800 00 Expenditure accruals this period 34 96 Closing balance 1 125 38 Last month s figures effectively counted the interest on the CC loan twice as it was shown as an accrual and as a payment This month s accruals figures have been adjusted to correct this This month s income is a loan for 800 from the CC to cover the cost of the insurance We have paid the CC annual interest on the loan given to us last year This was for the equipment required for the demonstration in the hall CMNet will obtain loans from the directors to cover any cash flow shortfall for the volume trial Page 1 6 Internal auditor s report Geoff has now got a copy of the loans Phil will look for an alternative to MS Excel for Geoff Action Phil Geoff 7 Customer Relations 7 1 Customer Contracts The solicitor has confirmed that they are happy with the documents we submitted for proof of identity We have started work finalising the customer contract with them 7 2 Installation of domestic equipment Joe and Phil completed 9 installations one remains outstanding for the volume trial Phil will create a mailing list to generate invoices for the installations where applicable the fee will be 20 per household Joe will collect and bank the cheques Action Phil Joe It was agreed we would start the installat
7. s he has a temporary solution in place The temporary mains power supply to the relays on Creag Mhaol has been reinstated We have installed the Ubiquiti kit on the hill masts and tested links to the directors who are participating in the volume trial The outstanding items required to enable us to start the volume trial are One subscriber s installation Action Phil amp Joe The completion of a user manual for all subscribers Action All A revised volume trial test plan Action All 7 4 Terms of Reference Deferred 8 General topics 8 1 Documentation The solicitors have confirmed they have all the documents they need 8 1 1 Customer contract We have received an updated version of the customer contract from the solicitors Phil has queried a couple of points we will chase for a response Action Phil 8 1 2 Mast lease This will be progressed after the customer contract has been agreed with the solicitors Action Phil 8 1 3 Hosting Agreement This will be progressed after the customer contract has been agreed with the solicitors Action Mary Page 2 8 2 Relays 8 2 1 Creag Mhaol All the outstanding issues have been resolved and all the equipment is in place and working ready for the volume trial Completed 8 2 2 Plockton We installed and tested our equipment during the school s summer break and a further test was run to confirm that we are not causing any problems to the school s broadband All the equipment i
8. s functioning correctly We have had our own dedicated power supply installed and have ordered the first ADSL line which is expected to be delivered by the end of September At some point we will return to the school and tidy up our installation 8 2 3 Lochcarron No progress this month Action Neil amp Phil 8 3 Testing 8 3 1 Outstanding issues All outstanding issues for the bridged point to point Nanostations NanoBeams and MikroTik routers are resolved and a standard configuration finalised Completed All the incorrect power cables have now been replaced by LinITX Completed 8 3 2 Management amp accounting capabilities Testing has been completed for the moment but more will be required during the volume trial We have a basic manual accounting system in place which good enough for a limited period We will look at automating the process in due course Action Phil 8 3 3 Test to Joe s at Braeintra Completed 8 3 4 Test to the Glen We will talk to the landowners about installing a relay in the Glen Action Joe 8 3 5 Check all parameters All the outstanding issues have been resolved Completed 8 3 6 More testing with routers All the outstanding issues have been resolved Completed 8 4 Restoring power to the old TV repeater 8 4 1 Hydro power supply We paid the installation charge set up the base station scaffold got BT to locate their cable and dug the hole avoiding the BT line With help from Jim Coomb
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