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https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/openreach-set-boost-uk-fttp-full-fibre-broadband-rollout.html

Newspaper reports have claimed that Openreach (BT) will next week announce a boost to their existing roll-out of “full fibre” (FTTP) ultrafast broadband services, which could see their current roll-out target of 2 million premises being increased to 3 million within the next two years.

At present the operator’s roll-out of Gigabit capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology is expected to reach 2 million homes and businesses by 2020, while their separate ‘up to’ 330Mbps capable hybrid-fibre G.fast solution will do 10 million premises by the same date. Despite this, Ofcom and the UK Government have been pushing Openreach to put a lot more “full fibre” into their diet.

In response to that the operator has been busy consulting on an aspiration that could see them deploy FTTP to as many as 10 million premises by 2025, which would come at a cost of between £3bn to £6bn. However Openreach has warned that such a deployment may only be possible with co-investment support from other ISPs, as well as softer regulation and reduced logistical barriers (improved planning) etc.