This is good news and shows the advantages of building a network based on pure fibre.
Following on from my comment to the last City Fibre story about a bias against them in the write up, I noticed in the full article of this post the word "claim" is used 3 times. I can't imagine the word being used if it was BT/OR making the same moves. There seems to be a resistance to a change in the broadband market and that BT/OR in the next few years will be challenged. I don't see this as a negative thing. This will promote genuine competition and hopefully the consumer will benefit from new and faster technologies as the 2 (3 with VM) network buildings seek to outdo each other.