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Author Topic: Cityfibre Respond as Chancellor Preps Date for Copper Switch Off  (Read 988 times)

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https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/07/cityfibre-respond-as-chancellor-preps-date-for-copper-switch-off.html

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Cityfibre has claimed that the UK Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, will announce a date for switching off the legacy copper telecoms network in order to encourage investment in Gigabit capable “full fibre” (FTTP/H) broadband ISP networks.

At the time of writing we’ve been unable to fully substantiate Cityfibre’s claim as it came from a third-party remark via the BBC, although it does seem highly likely that the forthcoming Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (potentially due to be published next week) will seek to set such a date. A recent report from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) similarly recommended supporting a copper switch-off by 2025.

The idea is nothing new (we’ll come back to that later), although there tends to be some significant confusion around the question of whether or not the copper switch-off proposal will represent a total physical switch-off date or only a partial withdrawal of older services that are carried over copper lines.

Eventually this is bound to happen, particularly with the government aspiring to cover the whole of the United Kingdom with pure fibre optic cables by 2033, although that is currently only a vague aspiration and one that crucially lacks any solid public funding commitments to help the service reach rural communities (we could be talking £20bn+). Cross-party support would be essential in order to protect such a plan from the usual changes of government and spending priorities.

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    Greg Mesch, CEO of CityFibre, said:

    “Switching off the copper network is a vital part of moving the UK to a full fibre future, but leaving decisions on how it is done in the hands of the incumbent risks imposing costs and delays on consumers.

    As Clive Selley’s comments on the Today programme make clear, Openreach’s approach to the switchover would result in unnecessary and unwelcome price rises for both consumers and internet service providers.

    To put consumers and businesses at the heart of the full fibre upgrade, the Government needs to harness the competitive benefits of new market entrants and set out a carefully managed copper switch off process that prevents Openreach from hijacking the migration process, as this would re-establish its monopoly position and hold back the UK’s digital economy.”
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Re: Cityfibre Respond as Chancellor Preps Date for Copper Switch Off
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2018, 04:40:55 PM »

There was a comment by Clive Selly on this mornings Today programme that there would be an increase in the wholesale price of £5 per month for which they'd get better speed and reliability.

Does this cost increase also apply to telephone only lines with no internet?
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Re: Cityfibre Respond as Chancellor Preps Date for Copper Switch Off
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2018, 05:46:43 PM »

I would imagine so.

I was thinking with all these regular price rises wouldn't we be paying far more than £5 by the time fibre gets here?
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