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Openreach Start Consultation on Plan for Large Scale FTTP “Full Fibre” Rollout
phi2008:
--- Quote ---Openreach (BT) has today launched their consultation on the prospects for a “large-scale” roll-out of Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) ultrafast broadband technology across the United Kingdom by around 2025, which in theory could see the operator’s “full fibre” network reach up to 10 million premises.
At present the operator’s roll-out of 1Gbps capable FTTP technology is expected to reach 2 million homes and businesses by 2020, while their ‘up to’ 330Mbps hybrid-fibre G.fast solution will do 10 million premises by the same date and many more by 2025. However Ofcom, the EU and the Government all want to see more “full fibre” in Openreach’s diet.
The industry consultation, which was first mooted during early May 2017 (here), is currently only available for ISPs to view and it promises to investigate various related issues including “potential demand, network architecture, deployment choices and cost recovery options.” ...
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/07/openreach-start-consultation-plan-large-scale-fttp-full-fibre-rollout.html
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Ixel:
"Recently managed to halve deployment costs"
I wonder if this might make FoD more viable in the not too distant future.
Chrysalis:
FoD has appeared for my postcode on the BTw checker.
Ronski:
Mine too, both at work and at home, but we won't be ordering.
Ixel:
Same, unless the price drops by approximately one third to half I won't be touching it.
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