Well, the way forward is definitely pods attached to Copper Cabs ............... from Kim Mears.
Infrastructure Delivery are at the heart of delivering Openreach’s big bold plan. We’re the ones who are going to deliver the broader coverage and faster speeds to customers nationwide, with the help of the chief engineer’s office.
We are hearing the `have nots’ and doing something about it. So, let’s talk about how we’re going faster – from superfast to ultrafast using both G.fast (which makes the copper connection from the cab go faster) and FTTP (replacing copper with fibre to the home from the exchange). You’ll start to see side pods which hold the G.fast electronics attached to our copper cabinets which will enable a faster signal to go further.
Following 566 successful G.Fast trials we’re preparing to go large. The first 80 G.Fast ‘sidepods’ – or as I fondly call them ‘pregnant cabs’ - will be deployed in Q3 across Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire and Gillingham, Kent. It’s then a steady ramp up in Q4, accelerating significantly the following year.
To get to our Ultrafast commitment of 12 million premises by 2020 our skilled teams of engineers and planners will be upskilled in order to deliver the Ultrafast challenge.
Kim