https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/vodafone-trial-fixed-access-network-slicing-ftth-ultrafast-broadband.htmlTelecoms giant Vodafone claims to have successfully completed a trial of Fixed Access Network Slicing (FANS) with Huawei in Ireland, which in theory could help to support the future UK rollout and better wholesale provision of Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband networks.
As we know the cost of rolling out a new FTTP/H network, which brings a pure fibre optic cable directly to your home, is hugely expensive. Openreach has estimated that reaching 10 million UK premises in the easiest areas could cost between £3bn to £6bn. As a result a lot of network operators are seeking to share those costs by trying to attract investment from other ISPs (co-funding).
Naturally ISPs also like to differentiate themselves so that they don’t all offer an identical service or price. On top of that further technical complications may arise if several operators under a wholesale partnership are building networks in different parts of the country, which may have different setups and customer types that can make cross-selling products a bit tricky.
Suffice to say that if you’re spending big to help roll-out such a network then you’d rightly want some flexibility in the control of that infrastructure and freedom to make future enhancements, which might diverge from that of your build partner(s). However such flexibility can also make the prospect of committing to a major investment in new infrastructure much more attractive.
An interesting concept and one that seems more encouraging to get multiple isp investment in.
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