While most of the UK is burdened by slow cumbersome processes and roll-outs
that always seem to happen in the town they don’t live in, some lucky 500 residents in Jersey are set to enjoy
fibre broadband running between 40 Mbps and 1 Gbps in the New Year.
Residents in the La Moye, La Rocque and Fauvic areas can register for the
trial on the JT website, and registration includes
the chance to win an iPad 2. As is normal with early stage trials like this
it is a way of JT learning how consumers use the service, and getting feedback
on potential product price points.
The plans are such that the majority of the 42,000 homes on Jersey will have
access to the fibre products by 2013 and the project completing around 2016.
The unique aspect compared to the UK (and many other countries) is that the
copper network will be removed, thus reducing maintenance costs and also
allowing for recovery of some of the costs in rolling out the fibre network via
the scrap value of the copper.
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trail = trial
Fixed that one, was probably trying to think of some fancy line like, this trial is the start of a trail that will lead to a happy fibre full New Year.
I’m quite surprised such investment hasn’t been made already, with the amount of off-shore banking data being passed through.
mabibby – there will be fibre connecting businesses all over Jersey.