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[Bowdon]

TalkTalk to Extend 940Mbps FTTH Broadband in York to 40000 Premises

After leaving us in suspense TalkTalk and Cityfibre have today confirmed that their joint 940Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband trial in the city of York (England) will be extended from 14,000 premises passed today to 40,000 over the next 2 years; supported by a new investment of £20m.

Cityfibre confirmed last month that their initial “Ultra Fibre Optic” trial with Sky Broadband and TalkTalk in the city had finally “completed” (14,000 premises passed) and “achieved all target objectives in terms of penetration and deployment costs”. So far the network has managed to attract 2,400 customers and climbing (17.5% take-up).

Similarly TalkTalk confirmed that its build costs for the network had been established at below £500 per home passed (this doesn’t include the final home install) and they claimed to be “increasingly confident of reaching our targeted penetration rate of 30%‐40% and delivering the proof of concept required to expand beyond York.”

[Bowdon]

So for all Sky's ranting and raving they had an opportunity to push for an alternative to Openreach, yet as soon as they get a taste of it they back out.

It seems TT was interested in carrying the full fibre product forward and thankfully they can buy out Sky's part in the venture. Good on TT and CityFibre!

[Ronski]

That's good news Bowdon,  this is what the UK needs, more companies installing FTTP,  eventually BT will have to push out more FTTP  to be able to compete.

Big  for TT and City Fibre for doing this.

[Chrysalis]

So for say 10 cities would be half a billion or so?

A far cry from the 30billion claims.