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Wrth inni nesáu at ddiwedd tymor a blwyddyn gyfredol y Cynulliad, hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i dynnu sylw  at lwyddiant prosiect Cyflymu Cymru wrth wella cysylltiad ffeibr cyflym ledled Cymru. 


Mae sefyllfa band eang ledled Cymru wedi gweld newid dramatig dros y bum mlynedd ddiwethaf.  Mae gan Gymru bellach fand eang i dros 95% o gartrefi a busnesau, a chynnydd o bron 100% yn y mynediad at wasanaethau cyflym iawn ers i Cyflymu Cymru ddechrau yn 2012, gan olygu bod Cymru yn yr un sefyllfa â gweddill y DU.  Mae buddsoddiad y sector cyhoeddus, gan ategu buddsoddiad y sector preifat wedi bod yn hanfodol i'r trawsnewidiad hwn.


Mae prosiect Cyflymu Cymru wedi gwneud gwahaniaeth enfawr i'r ddarpariaeth ffeibr cyflym ledled Cymru, gan gysylltu cartrefi, busnesau a chymunedau na fyddai wedi eu cysylltu gan gwmnïau masnachol.


Mae prosiect Cyflymu Cymru wedi bod yn brosiect enfawr, gan godi dros 3,500 o gabinetau ffeibr ar ochr y ffordd, codi dros 5,000 o bolion telegraff newydd a gosod miliynau o fetrau o geblau ffeibr yn rhai o'r ardaloedd daearyddol mwyaf heriol.  Mae wedi'i ddarparu gan dros 1,000 o beirianwyr Openreach ac wedi cynnwys dros 100 o brentisiaethau newydd.  Mae'r dasg peirianneg sifil enfawr hon wedi golygu bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi dros £200 miliwn wrth ddarparu mynediad i fand eang cyflym iawn i dros 733,000 o fusnesau ac adeiladau preswyl.          


O'r rhain, mae gan 733,000 ohonynt, dros 717,000, gyswllt o leiaf 30Mbps o gyflymder a'r gweddill gyswllt o fwy na 24Mbps.  Mae'r rhain yn adeiladau na fyddai fel arall wedi gallu derbyn cysylltiad band eang ffeibr cyflym heb ein cymorth ni.


Mae Cymru wedi bod ar y blaen hefyd o ran defnyddio cysylltiad Ffeibr i'r Adeilad Openreach, gyda bron 49,000  o'r holl gartrefi a busnesau sydd wedi'u cysylltu trwy'r Cynllun bellach â chyswllt o fwy na 100Mbps a gigabit yn y dyfodol. O gyfuno hynny â'r cysylltiadau a wnaed yn fasnachol, gall mwyafrif llethol yr adeiladau ym mhob un o'n 22 o awdurdodau lleol gysylltu â band eang ffeibr cyflym.


Dylem sylweddoli faint sydd wedi'i gyflawni dros y bum mlynedd diwethaf drwy Cyflymu Cymru. Mae adeiladau ar draws pob etholaeth yng Nghymru, rhai yn cynnwys ardaloedd mwyaf gwledig Cymru, wedi derbyn band eang ffeibr cyflym o ganlyniad i'r prosiect hwn. Fodd bynnag, rwyf yn cydnabod bod sicrhau band eang ffeibr cyflym ar raddfa fawr ledled Cymru, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd gwledig, wedi bod yn heriol iawn, ac mewn rhai achosion yn brofiad rhwystredig iawn i aelodau a'u hetholwyr.  Rwyf wedi ymrwymo o hyd i ddeall y problemau gwaelodol ac i weithio gyda'r Aelodau i ddysgu gwersi, datrys problemau a chyfarfod â chymunedau. 


Yn y pen draw, prif fesur o lwyddiant y prosiect fydd y bobl a'r busnesau sy'n mabwysiadu hyn ac yn ei ddefnyddio i gael mynediad i'r gwasanaethau y maent eu hangen ac i elwa'n gymdeithasol ac yn economaidd.  Mae ein hymgyrch farchnata oedd wedi'i thargedu wedi cyfrannu at y ffaith bod y nifer sy'n defnyddio gwasanaethau band eang o seilwaith Cyflymu Cymru wedi cyrraedd 49%, llwyddiant anhygoel o ystyried y nod a gyhoeddwyd gennym o gyrraedd 50% erbyn 2023\.


Ond mae cartrefi a busnesau o hyd sydd heb gyflymder cyflym iawn a dyna pam yr wyf wedi amlinellu cyfres o fesurau i fynd i'r afael â'r methiant parhaus yn y farchnad. Bydd y prosiect sy'n dilyn Cyflymu Cymru, i ddechrau yn gynnar yn 2019, yn cynnig helpu i gysylltu adeiladau sydd heb eu cysylltu drwy Cyflymu Cymru.  Rhagwelir y bydd yr adeiladau cyntaf yn cael eu cysylltu erbyn diwedd 2019, gyda'r mwyafrif llethol ohonynt yn derbyn cysylltiad ffeibr llawn.  Byddwn yn parhau i gefnogi mynediad at gysylltiadau band eang cyflym iawn drwy ein cynlluniau talebau.







Translation:


 
As we approach the end of the current Assembly term and year, I would like to take this opportunity to underline the success of the Superfast Cymru project in improving fast fibre connectivity throughout Wales. 


The broadband landscape throughout Wales has seen dramatic changes over the past five years.  Wales now enjoys over 95% broadband access coverage to homes and businesses, an almost 100% increase in access to superfast services since Superfast Cymru began in 2012, putting Wales firmly on par with the rest of the UK.  Public sector investment complementing private sector investment has been integral to this transformation.


The Superfast Cymru project has made an enormous difference to fast fibre broadband provision across the whole of Wales, providing connectivity to homes, businesses and communities that would not have received it under market led commercial deployment.


The Superafst Cymru project has been a huge undertaking, siting over 3,500 roadside fibre cabinets, erecting over 5,000 new telegraph poles and laying millions of metres of fibre cabling in some of the most challenging geographical areas.  It has been delivered by over 1,000 Openreach engineers and has supported 100 new apprenticeships.  This mammoth civil and engineering task has seen the Welsh Government invest over £200million in providing access to superfast broadband to over 733,000 business and residential premises          


Of these 733,000 premises, over 717,000 are now able to achieve speeds of at least 30Mbps with the remainder achieving speeds of over 24 Mbps.  These are premises that simply would not have been able to access fast fibre broadband connectivity without our intervention.


The Superfast Cymru project has also placed Wales at the forefront of Openreach’s deployment of Fibre to the Premises solutions with over 49,000 of the total number of premises given access by the scheme now capable of receiving speeds of over 100Mbps today and gigabit tomorrow. When combined with commercially driven deployments, this means that the vast majority of premises in every one of our 22 local authorities can now access fast fibre broadband.


We should not underestimate the scale of what has been achieved over the past five years through Superfast Cymru. Premises across all constituencies in Wales, some covering some of the most rural parts of Wales, have been given access to fast fibre broadband as a result of this project. However, I do acknowledge that this large scale deployment of fast\-fibre broadband across Wales, particularly to rural areas, has proved to be extremely challenging and, in some instances, frustrating for members and their constituents.  I remain committed to understanding the underlying issues and to work with Members to learn lessons, resolve issues and meet with communities. 


Ultimately, the key measure of the project’s success will derive from the people and businesses that adopt it and use it to access the services they need to benefit socially and economically.  Our targeted marketing campaign has contributed to take up of broadband services from Superfast Cymru infrastructure reaching 49%, a remarkable achievement given our published aim of reaching 50% take\-up by 2023\.


But there do remain homes and businesses that are still unable to access superfast speeds which is why I have set out a suite of measures to address ongoing market failure. The successor project to Superfast Cymru, beginning in early 2019, will provide a means to support the connection of premises not met under Superfast Cymru.  The first premises are forecast to be connected by the end of 2019, with the vast majority of being served by a full fibre connection.  We will also continue to support access to superfast broadband connectivity through our voucher schemes.